The beginning of presidential elections in Egypt

The fifth presidential election in Egypt started today, an election that has not been able to bring the Egyptian society along.

According to the report of Fars News Agency In the history of Egypt, the third election since 2013 (the coup of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi) began this morning and will continue tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. He cast his vote and predicting that he will retain his position again is not a difficult task.

Voting outside Egypt was held on December 10 and now inside Egypt as well. 67 million people are going to cast their votes in 10085 voting centers. If it is necessary to re-run the elections, Egyptians living abroad will cast their votes on the 5th, 6th, and 7th of January 2024, and the citizens inside the country will vote on the 8th, 9th, and 10th of next January, and the results will be announced on the 16th of next January.

“Ahmed Bandari”, the executive director of the National Election Organization of Egypt, has said that all preparations have been made to hold elections inside Egypt.

Four candidates named “Abd al-Fattah Saeed Hossein Khalil al-Sisi”, the current president of Egypt, “Abd al-Sand Yamameh”, the head of Al-Wafd Party, “Hazem Omar”, the head of the Republican People’s Party and “Farid Zahran”, the head of the Democratic Party of Egypt. They are going to compete.

According to the amendments made to the Egyptian Constitution (2019), the presidential term has been increased from four years to six years and Abdel Fattah al-Sisi for another six-year term. until 2030) can remain in his position.

The fifth presidential election in Egypt will be held in a situation where the atmosphere of Egyptian society is not much different from the previous days