Egypt's Emigration minister says expats keen on taking part in house voting

CAIRO, Nov 2 (MENA) - Minister of State for Emigration and Egyptian Expats Nabila Makram said Monday the Egyptian expats are keen on taking part in the second round of the 2020 House of Representatives election.

In statements while presiding over a meeting of an operation room to follow up the participation of the Egyptians abroad in the election, the minister called on the expats to print polling cards from the website of the National Election Authority (NEA) and send them through express mail to Egyptian diplomatic missions abroad as soon as possible from November 4 through 6.

On Sunday, the Foreign Ministry called on Egyptian expats to visit the NEA website on Monday and Tuesday to print and fill in their ballot papers for the second phase of the parliamentary elections and send them to diplomatic missions via the express mail.

Egyptians abroad started voting in the second stage of parliamentary elections on Monday.

The second phase of the elections is taking place in the governorates of Cairo, Qalyubiya, Daqahliya, Menufiya, Gharbiya, Kafr el Sheikh, Sharqiya, Damietta, Port Said, Ismailia, Suez, North Sinai and South Sinai.