Promo video urges citizens to vote in Egypt election

CAIRO – 22 March 2018: A set of renowned Egyptian celebrities and politicians starred in a promotional video to encourage citizens into taking part in the upcoming presidential election.

Celebrities in the video touched upon the series of challenges that faced the Egyptian state during the past years and the number of achievements that came through.

As the video starts, the celebrities started recounting challenges and crises that President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, who is running for a second term in office, managed to surmount; including slums, unemployment, loose security, damaged roads and terrorism.

”He made us all believe that our dreams could come true,” Actor Rami Wahid said.

The celebrities affirmed they are voting for Sisi for a second term. “Vote,” “Participate,” “Stand by your country,” were the words directed in the video to Egyptians across the country.

”Four years ago, we all headed to the presidential election ballots, we all gave our votes to President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi for the presidency of Egypt,” Noted actor Ahmed Abdel Aziz said. “Many accomplishments took place during those four years, I’ll not discuss them all, I’ll only mention one of them, which is the inflation rate that went down from 25% to 13%, this implies a more powerful economy.”

The video stressed that taking part in the election is necessary “because Egypt has many foes, whether inside or outside the country”.