Electoral Commission denies setting pres. election schedule

CAIRO – 18 December 2017: The National Electoral Commission denied Monday the claims spread by some newspapers that the presidential primary election schedule was set.

The commission noted that the election schedule has not been identified yet, adding that the commission is currently supervising the elections for vacant parliamentary seats in the district of Gerga, Sohag.

President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi's re-election campaign, “A’lashan Nbneha” (To Build It), will make stops in Saudi Arabia, the Netherlands, the United States and Italy, according to MP Ghada Agami, who serves as campaign coordinator.

Launched in mid-September, To Build It aims to collect signatures of support for incumbent President Sisi, urging him to run for a second term as a head of state. The campaign started its international tour in early December to promote Sisi’s achievements abroad during his first term as president.

Abdel Fatah al-Sisi is the sixth president of Egypt. He came to office on June 2014 after the revolution of June 30, which toppled former President Mohamed Morsi, who is affiliated with the now-banned Muslim Brotherhood.

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 Sisi previously issued a presidential decree to start the formation of the National Electoral Commission as an independent national 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.