Latest in Tag: elections Highlight
Latest in Tag: elections
Polling stations open for presidential elections
Egyptians will vote for its next president on Monday and Tuesday
Who is backing who?
Al-Sisi backers Salafi Al-Nour Party, the political wing of the conservative preaching group Salafi Da’awa Al-Wafd Party, one of Egypt’s oldest political parties, which was strongly active during the era of ousted president Hosni Muabark Free Egyptians Party, a liberal party co-founded in 2011 by business tycoon Naguib Sawiris Egyptian National Movement Party, which was …
Presidential candidates’ vision for Egypt’s top issues
Al-Sisi stresses that practicing freedoms should be balanced with national security, citing concern that the former might lead to chaos.
Boycotting the presidential elections, from Brotherhood to revolutionaries
The Daily News Egypt investigates the motives of different political factions and independent voters who are boycotting the presidential elections
Al-Sisi, Sabahy’s dueling economic platforms
The Daily News Egypt lists the economic pledges made by both candidates
Wide array of international observers keep eye on presidential polls
Daily News Egypt spoke with some of the regional and international observer missions that will be monitoring the two-day process in differing ways, depending on the size and scope of the individual missions.
Economy to be a top challenge for next president: analysts
As the economic crisis continues, the next president will face much of the same challenges Morsi did when taking office
Dealing with energy shortages, subsidies and a weak currency: Al-Sisi versus Sabahy
Economic policy officials from the campaigns of both presidential candidates reflect on how to solve some of Egypt’s most
Parties condemn draft Parliamentary Elections Law
Political movements wary of a return to Mubarak-era practices due to the new draft
UAE sends military vehicles to help secure presidential elections
Gulf country’s move shows continued support for Egyptian roadmap
Ukraine holds key vote shunned by rebel-held east
Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk had issued an appeal for voters to turn out in force on Sunday to “defend Ukraine” in the face of a crisis that has plunged relations between East-West relations to a post-Cold War low.
Would voting legitimise elections?
By Wael Eskandar It is no longer necessary to wait for the actual voting process to determine whether the upcoming elections will be free and fair. The idea of fair elections has been dispelled by the manner in which the current regime has operated on a variety of issues. While the counting itself may eventually …
US Department of State acknowledges ‘shrinking space for dialogue’ in Egypt
Officials in Washington are “encouraging transparent and fair” elections
Army and police prepare to secure presidential poll
Approximately 181,921 military personnel will coordinate with police to secure this week’s elections
Sabahy, Al-Sisi exert final campaign efforts before pre-elections silence
Presidential candidates officially halted their campaigns on Friday to enter period of pre-elections silence
In Pictures: Sabahy, Al-Sisi exert final campaign efforts before pre-elections silence
Presidential candidates Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and Hamdeen Sabahy officially terminated their campaigns on Friday, the last day before the two days pre-elections silence, stipulated by Article 18 of the Elections Law. Sabahy’s campaign organised a rally in Abdeen Square in Downtown Cairo on Friday. The rally was attended by public figures endorsing his campaign and …
Egypt jails 19 Morsi supporters for five years
AFP – An Egyptian court jailed 19 supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi for five years on Saturday for storming the offices of the head of the prestigious Al-Azhar Islamic institution, judicial sources said. The interim government has rounded up thousands of Morsi’s supporters and tried them in mass hearings since his ouster in …
With tourism at an ebb, hopes for an Egyptian strongman
Sisi’s support campaign in Sharm El-Sheikh is coordinated by a former intelligence officer who now works in tourism.
Draft Parliamentary Elections Law finalised
Drafted by a special committee, the law is expected to govern coming parliamentary elections
In Pictures: Battle of the Banners
The competing campaigns of presidential candidates Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and Hamdeen Sabahy have intensified going into the final days of campaigning before the poll scheduled for 26 and 27 May. While Al-Sisi has not made any public appearances during his campaign, posters supporting his likely election to the presidency have featured prominently throughout Cairo …
Nuclear energy platform will see immediate start: Al-Sisi campaign
Al-Sisi’s electoral platform not limited to solving energy crisis with replacement of household light bulbs, which sparked wave of ridicule on social networking sites
Al-Sisi targeting 7% GDP growth, 8% unemployment by 2017/2018
Discussing the changes in fiscal policies, Al-Sisi’s economic platform stated that budget deficit and public debt should return to “safe levels”.
Al-Sisi condemned for withholding his platform
Al-Sisi, Sabahy hold meetings over their presidential campaigns
Early indication of Al-Sisi landslide in expat vote
Foreign ministry estimates total expatriate turnout to be 315,000, some expats prefer postal vote
Al-Sisi cites ‘national security’ for not sharing details of electoral platform
Former defence minister calls for reorganisation of Egypt’s governorates, with centralised planning and decentralised management
44% of presidential elections’ media coverage is ‘positive’: EOHR
Human rights organisation monitors coverage of presidential elections by various media outlets
Despite delay, EU mission will observe presidential election
Some adjustments need to be made after some of the mission’s equipment was held up at the airport and eventually released
European Union will not monitor upcoming elections
Restriction on the importation of equipment hampers observer operations
Carter Center concerned over Egypt transition, provides recommendations
The centre deployed an “expert mission” which assessed the political and legal context around the presidential elections, providing recommendations
Campaigns continue to compete for voters
Al-Sisi campaign promotes energy saving, Sabahy promises to release political prisoners