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A branch of the April 6 Youth Movement, once a leading revolutionary youth group and now outlawed by interim authorities, said on Wednesday it opposes former army chief Abdel Fattah El-Sisi's presidential candidacy but has not yet decided whether or not to boycott the upcoming poll.

El-Sisi, whose popularity skyrocketed since he led the ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi last summer, is highly tipped to win the 26-27 May presidential election, running against only one rival, Hamdeen Sabahi, who came third in the 2012 elections that Morsi won.

The electoral race in Egypt took off between the two candidates, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Hamdeen Sabahi. Compared to the 2012 elections, which were marked by strong competition, variety and surprise, this race is strange, given its coldness, lack of variety and perhaps competence. In fact, the electoral campaigns of the candidates reflect these confusing characteristics and disrupt the democratic transition process, while reconfirming the persisting division and polarization in society.

Le secrétaire général de l'Alliance Démocratique, Mohamed Hamdi, est revenu sur le vote en faveur du passage de l'article 167 de la Loi Électorale relatif à l'exclusion des symboles de l'ancien régime des prochaines élections. Il a assuré que son vote en faveur de cet article n'était pas en contradiction avec ses positions du passé, mais qu'il avait proposé une nouvelle formulation de cet article pour être en harmonie avec ses positions et les exigences de la situation.

Jakarta. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has taken an apparent swipe at Prabowo Subianto, one of the men vying to replace him, in a YouTube video warning Indonesians not to vote for a candidate espousing a nationalist platform through “dangerous promises.”

Yudhoyono did not mention the candidate by name in the video, uploaded by his Democratic Party, but warned against calls made by one of them to nationalize all foreign assets in the country.

Les débats sur la Déclaration de politique générale du gouvernement ont été l’occasion pour l’opposition de porter des réserves sur le contenu du document.

Golkar Party officials have played down public speculation that party chairman Aburizal Bakrie has sealed a deal to run as vice president to Prabowo Subianto, the founder of the Great Indonesia Movement, although some have also expressed support for the potential coalition.

“As of today, Aburizal is still a presidential candidate, just as has been mandated during the national leaders meeting. Should there be any changes in position or in the person, it should also be decided at subsequent meetings,” Golkar spokesman Tantowi Yahya said in Jakarta on Tuesday.

Les députés du bloc du Congrès Pour la République à l’Assemblée Nationale Constituante a collecté des signatures en vue de présenter une pétition à l’instance provisoire chargée du contrôle de la constitutionnalité des lois pour faire appel aux articles 20 et 21 de la loi électorale et ce en guise de riposte au rejet de l’article relatif à l’exclusion politique.

Jakarta. Deputy Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama will step in as acting governor of the capital city on May 18 as Governor Joko Widodo begins a long leave of absence to focus on his presidential campaign.

Basuki said he would have no problem on taking the role.

“There’s nothing special about being left on my own to do the job. I will work as usual, I’ll call Jokowi,” he said. “The difference is now I can’t meet him every morning here at [the City Hall].”

Basuki says he has important decisions ahead of him when he steps in as the acting governor.