Egyptian Consulate in Riyadh urges citizens to vote in 2018 election

CAIRO – 10 March 2018: Egyptian Consul General in Riyadh Hani Salah urged on Wednesday, the Egyptian community in Saudi Arabia to participate in the upcoming presidential election.

Egyptian citizens abroad can vote in the 2018 Presidential election, from March 16-18 at the Egyptian consulate in Riyadh or Jeddah, Salah said. Voters also have to make sure to bring their passports or national IDs, Salah added.

In her visits to Canada and Australia in March, Minister of Immigration Nabila Makram stressed on the right of all Egyptians to vote, wherever they are living, and urged the Egyptian community to participate in the upcoming election.

Voting will take place for three days starting March 26 domestically, while it will begin on March 16 for expats from 9 am to 9 pm in each country’s local time. The winning candidate will be announced on April 2.

In February, the National Election Authority (NEA) announced the final list for the candidates, including current President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi and head of al-Ghad Party Moussa Moustafa Moussa. Sisi has chosen a star as his symbol in the election, while Moussa chose a plane as his symbol.

Sixty-two national and international nongovernmental and civil society organizations will observe the 2018 Egyptian elections, according to the regulations of Law no. 8 of 2018, issued by the NEA, headed by Judge Lashen Ibrahim.