Latest in Tag: presidential Highlight
Latest in Tag: presidential

Kais Saied, Nabil Al-Qarawi head to Tunisia’s presidential runoff
Second round of elections to be held on 29 Sept

Military summons presidential hopeful Sami Anan over charges of incitement
Al-Sisi undergoes medical examination for presidential application

Court of Cassation hands Mubarak, sons 3-year prison sentences
Former president has already served his time in prison

Court adjourns Presidential Palace case retrial to 29 April
Next session will feature prosecution and defence arguments

Mubarak to be released regardless of Court of Cassations’ verdict: Lawyer
Toppled president served sentence in presidential palaces case accumulatively

New Tunisian president talks up relations with Egypt, need for joint counterterrorism
Essebsi won Sunday’s run-off poll in Tunisia’s first democratic presidential elections

Tunisians vote again in presidential elections run-off
Candidates traded accusations, personal attacks in heated run-up to poll

Presidential decree creates new police rank with power of arrest
President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi issued a decree creating a new police rank: “Associate Security Officer”

Tunisians elect president in first democratic elections
The Islamist Ennahda Movement did not field any candidate

Former presidential spokesman trial postponed to 18th October
Yasser Ali has been held since December 2013 without trial

Al-Sisi raises military pensions by 10%
New presidential decree amends law governing military retirement

Al-Sisi meets Moroccan foreign minister
Egyptian president stresses importance of strengthening ties with its neighbouring Arab country

Criminal incidents will not deter gov’t from uprooting terrorism: Mehleb
The cabinet began its weekly meeting by taking a minute to mourn the deaths caused by recent bombings

Presidential decree resuscitates appointment of university chairman
University chairmen and deans have been taking posts through election, rather than appointment, since January 2011 revolution

President establishes committee for legislative reform
The committee will be tasked with drafting and revising draft legislations prepared by the state

Al-Sisi accepts resignations of Mansour’s advisers
Presidential advisers appointed by former president Mansour submit their resignations

Al-Sisi confirmed as president, begins four year term
Interim President completes historic mission: SCC deputy head

Mansour delivers farewell speech
“I hand over the state to the president entrusted by the people,” interim president says

‘Time for work,’ says Al-Sisi in post-victory address
President-elect to be sworn in Sunday after lopsided victory

Fahmy remarks on international election observation reports
The interim foreign minister told EU Ambassadors that election observation reports need not focus on political matters unrelated to the elections

NCW denies expelling EU observers from its symposium
National Council for Women accuses EU of trying to deny the legitimacy of the “30 June Revolution”, while the EU says NCW chairman was “misinformed” about its mission’s report

Shayfeencom reports violations during presidential elections vote-counting
Elections watchdog issues report over violations it observed during last week’s elections

Mansour revokes Morsi’s presidential pardons
Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiya condemns the decision, which affects 12 of its members

Sabahy campaign withdraws from polling stations due to frequent violations
Presidential candidate cites “large-scale” violations against his campaign members during the last 48 hours

Fining of abstainers is the law and will be implemented: Mehleb
The Presidential Elections Law states that people who fail to cast a vote without an excuse will be fined

PEC counters complaints over absence of polling stations for voters living outside district
Elections commission states that creating such stations might have jeopardised the validity of the elections’ results

PEC denies authenticity of video showing ballot stuffing
Violations reported on the two-day electoral process of the presidential elections

Member of Sabahy’s campaign arrested from polling station
Violations reported on the first day of the presidential elections

Cabinet to resign following presidential elections: Mehleb
Prime Minister says resignation comes in line with laws, constitution

Egyptians head to the polls to choose next president
Egyptians line up for the second presidential elections Egypt has witnessed in two years