Egyptian Republican People’s Party head Hazem Omar submits candidacy papers for presidential elections

CAIRO – 13 October 2023: Hazem Omar, head of the Republican People’s Party, submitted his candidacy papers to the National Election Authority (NEA) on Friday to run for the 2024 presidential elections after securing the required endorsements.

Omar secured 68,071 endorsements from citizens at notary offices as well as 46 endorsements from the parliament to run for the elections.

According to the law, any citizen willing to run for president must first obtain endorsement from at least 25,000 citizens in 15 or more governorates in order for their candidacy to be accepted.

Instead, a citizen can run for elections in case he managed to secure endorsement from 20 or more members of the House of Representatives.

So far, four candidates have presented their candidacy papers to run for the presidential elections in December, including incumbent President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.

Besides Sisi and Omar, Farid Zahran, head of the Egyptian Social Democratic Party, and Abdel Sanad Yamama, head of Al-Wafd Party, have presented their candidacy papers to the NEA.

Meanwhile, aspiring candidate Gameela Ismail, head of Al-Dostour (Constitution) Party, announced on Wednesday dropping out of Egypt’s presidential race based on her party’s decision.

Egyptians will cast their votes on 10-12 December 2023 locally, while eligible voters living abroad will vote on 1-3 December.