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| Two candidates to run for president: Egypt |
| 2014-04-21 |
| [Iran Press TV] Egypt's election commission says only two candidates, one of them former army chief and Defense Minister Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, will run in next month's presidential election. Sisi will face leftist politician Hamdeen Sabahi as they were the only candidates to submit their papers to run in the polls, the commission said on Sunday. On Saturday, Sabahi formally submitted the required documents to the electoral commission after he managed to gather 31,555 signatures from Egyptian citizens endorsing his candidacy. The politician finished third in the 2012 presidential election, which was won by ousted President Mohammed Morsi ...the former president of Egypt. A proponent of the One Man, One Vote, One Timeprinciple, Morsi won election after the deposal of Hosni Mubarak and jumped to the conclusion it was his turn to be dictator... of the Moslem Brüderbund party. Sisi, who led the military deposal of Morsi in July 2013, is widely expected to win the presidential vote scheduled to be held on May 26-27. Egypt's ex-army chief submitted his documents on April 12 after gathering 188,930 signatures of support, well above the required 25,000, the election commission said. Political parties and figures in Egypt have repeatedly called on the country's army to stay out of politics. The Moslem Brüderbund holds Sisi responsible for criminal masterminding Morsi's removal. Sisi is also accused of leading a severe crackdown against supporters of Morsi and the Brotherhood movement. |
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