Moussa’s candidacy meant to enrich political life: campaign

CAIRO - 2 February 2018: The spokesperson of the presidential campaign of the candidate Moussa Mostafa Moussa, Adel Esmat stated that the decision of the party to announce Moussa’s candidacy was aimed at enriching the political life and to put forward viable and serious alternatives for Egyptians.

“The party’s decision to run the elections was taken by the leaders of the Ghad party and its executive office while taking into account the numerous variables occurred recently in the presidential electoral scene, and in support of the national interests and to remedy the crisis of having one candidate in the upcoming election to further promote democracy,” Esmat said in a statement.

The NEA has already officially announced the official slate for the presidential election, which included the incumbent President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi and al-Ghad’s Mousa Moustafa.

On January 25, Chairperson of El-Ghad Party, Mousa Mostafa Mousa, announced that he would run for the upcoming presidency election scheduled to be held by the end of March.

Mousa received endorsements from 20 Members of Parliament- the majority of them represent Monufia Governorate- in order to announce his official Presidential bid.

According to the election’s timetable set by the NEA, voting in the 2018 presidential election in Egypt will commence on March 26, on January 8.

Sixty million eligible voters will cast their ballots in the election between March 26 and 28 in Egypt, while Egyptians living abroad will vote between March 16 and 18.