Int'l observers team praises transparency of Egypt's National Elections Authority

CAIRO - 2 December 2023: The international observer team of the Arab Organization for Human Rights praised the transparency of the National Elections Authority (NEA) in dealing with different aspects of the voting process. 

 

The team said that the NEA acknowledged the delay in opening certain polling stations, responded to voter complaints related to the methods and procedures for voting with an invalid national ID card, as well as facilitated the modification of the location of polling stations to suit the needs of elderly voters or people with disabilities.

 

In a report on Tuesday, the international observers team noted the accessibility provided for persons with disabilities and the elderly to enable them to cast their votes, and the availability of information placed clearly outside the polling stations to guide them.

 

They confirmed that voting papers for people with visual disabilities were used in Braille.

 

The team highlighted the large turnout by women voters, in addition to the availability of medical requirements at polling stations to deal with any health emergency that voters may be exposed to during their participation.

 

The 2024 presidential elections are the fifth multi-party presidential elections that the country has witnessed in its modern history. The 2024 elections gain their additional importance from being a major step in the country’s path towards democratic transformation, party pluralism and political competitiveness, which came after a year and a half of serious and unprecedented national dialogue, which included all components Egyptian political, union and civil society.

 

The list of candidates in the presidential elections includes: presidential candidate Abdel Fattah El-Sisi with the symbol of the star, presidential candidate Farid Zahran, head of the Egyptian Democratic Party, with the symbol of the sun, presidential candidate Abdel-Sanad Yamama, head of the Wafd Party, with the symbol of the palm tree, and presidential candidate Hazem Omar, with the symbol of the ladder.

 

The 2024 presidential elections will be held in Egypt according to the schedule set by the National Elections Authority on December 10, 11, and 12, with voting starting from nine in the morning until 9 p.m. in the evening.

 

December 13 is set for the end of the sorting process, sending the records to the general committees, while the results will be announced on December 18.