Egypt to hold Presidential Election in March

NewsBharati 09-Jan-2018

Total Views |

Cairo, January 9: Egypt is finally set for its next Presidential election with a fixed date. The election will start on March 26, Egypt’s National Electoral Commission announced on Monday. Current President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has not yet confirmed whether he will run for a second and final term.

The election which is scheduled to be held March 26-28, it can be extended to 24-26^th April if a runoff is needed. The result will be declared on April 2 and in case of a runoff, the same will be declared on 1^st May.

Until now, two candidates have stated their intentions to run for the Presidency. One is opposition leader Khaled Ali, a human rights lawyer. Another is Essam Heggy, an Egyptian space scientist who served as the country's adviser for scientific affairs from 2013 to 2014.

Though Current president Sisi has not confirmed anything yet, he is expected to gain a landslide victory if he files his nomination. Sisi took charge in 2014 a year after he led the ouster of his Islamist predecessor Mohammed Morsi in July 2013 in response to mass protests against Morsi's one-year rule and his now-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group.

Egypt Egypt Presidential Election Abdel Fattah el Sisi