NEC launches website for elections and respective matters

CAIRO – 9 November 2017: Egypt’s National Electoral Commission launched an official website for both the parliamentary and presidential elections. The new website aims to publish all the resolutions and recommendations pertaining to the elections; in addition to the voting guides for Egyptians inside and outside Egypt.

President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi previously issued a presidential decree to start the formation of the National Electoral Commission as a national independent authority, entitled to supervise the integrity of the electoral process.

Chaired by Chancellor Lashin Ibrahim Mohammed, who also serves as vice-president of the Court of Cassation, the NEC‘s board of directors consists of nine judges from diverse judicial bodies.

The Marathon of the Egyptian presidential elections will take place from February till May 2018.

Former presidential candidate and prominent human rights lawyers, Khaled Ali, announced on Monday that he will run for the upcoming presidential elections against the incumbent Egyptian president who has been bulked up by a currently-running supporting campaign titled "Build It," which was launched back in October and has already garnered over three million signatures.