Noticias

Egyptian presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi spoke to Egyptian expat voters on Monday via videoconference, Al-Ahram's Arabic website reported.

Egyptian expats are the first to cast their ballots worldwide in Egyptian embassies from 15 to 18 May.

"We ask the Egyptians abroad to participate in future policies," he said.

Videoconferencing is a new technique to be used in Egyptian elections.

Egyptian presidential candidate Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi used video conference to communicate with residents of the Upper Egyptian city of Assuit, an unprecedented move from a candidate who claims he has survived two assassination attempts.

El-Sisi, who resigned from his post as army chief to run for Egypt's presidency, has been accused by political opponents of orchestrating a coup last summer against the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi, who was removed from office by the military in July after mass protests against his rule.

Mahmoud Fawzy, spokesman of a technical committee in charge of amending Egypt's election laws, said the committee will finish drafting amendments for two laws on Tuesday – the 1956 law on the exercise of political rights and the 1972 law regulating the performance of the House of Representatives, Egypt's lower house parliament.

A Lebanese politician who recently returned from a visit to Damascus told Al-Monitor that the Syrian presidential elections scheduled for June 3 have become almost the sole concern of officials there.

Pas de moyens financiers suffisants encore moins de ressources humaines compétentes. Tel est le triste tableau que les responsables locaux des Forces alternatives pour le renouveau et l’émergence ont dressé d’une section III qui a du mal à implanter le parti dans la Commune.

 Un groupe de cadres et d'acteurs politiques originaires de la moughataa de M'Bout, dans la wilaya du Gorgol, a annoncé, lundi soir à Nouakchott, son adhésion au parti "El karama".

Dans un mot prononcé au cours de la cérémonie organisée pour la circonstance, le président du parti, M. Cheikhna Ould Hijbou a affirmé que sa formation politique est ouverte à tous les citoyens mauritaniens.

Il a ajouté que son parti est un projet politique pour les générations montantes et qu'il a pour objectif de construire un Etat moderne.

The Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) was expected to report the findings of its complaint investigations to the Independent Election Commission (IEC) on May 8. However, four days later, the announcement of final results from the April 5 election remains delayed as the public awaits action from the ECC.

The IEC cannot announce the final results of the presidential election until the conclusion of this year's lengthy fraud assessment process. ECC officials have said the review process has been completed, yet the delivery of its findings remains stalled.