Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi submitted his candidacy papers for the upcoming presidential elections to the National Elections Authority (NEA).
On Saturday, the head of Sisi's election campaign, Mahmoud Fawzy, submitted the nomination papers, accompanied by members of the campaign team carrying large numbers of boxes filled with notarial endorsement forms.
Fawzy said during a press conference that the campaign will follow the electoral standards and adhere to the provisions of the Constitution and the law.
He announced that Sisi's campaign launched an official social media page and is currently working on launching a website to show all campaign activities and promote the presidential candidate's vision.
Fawzy pointed out that the campaign will hold popular meetings and field tours in the Egyptian governorates.
Regarding the issues facing other candidates, Fawzy said they were not part of the Egyptian state's agencies and were not responsible for issuing statements.
He asserted their complete confidence in the impartiality of the institutions, indicating that the National Elections Authority is ready to receive every complainant.
Director of the executive branch of NEA Ahmed Bandari said that the Sisi's agent and legal representative submitted 424 parliamentarian endorsements and over 1.1 million citizens endorsements.
Bandari noted that the Authority is currently examining the endorsement forms, and their exact number will be announced.
Potential candidates must secure endorsements from at least 20 MPs or 25,000 citizens from at least 15 governorates, with a minimum of 1,000 endorsements from each governorate. In all cases, supporting up to one candidate is only permissible.
Meanwhile, some potential opposition candidates once again complained about what they described as "constraints" on those willing to issue endorsements in their support. In this context, supporters of the potential candidate Tantawi clarified that they "were unable to issue endorsements."
Just a few days ago, the election campaign for the potential candidate, Farid Zahran, the head of the Egyptian Social Democratic Party, pointed to the "tightening" affecting all candidates in issuing support endorsements.
Also, three potential nominees announced their candidacy; Head of the People's Republican Party (PRP) Hazem Omar, Leader of Wafd Party Abdel-Sanad Yamama, Head of al-Dustour Party Jamila Ismail, and Director of the Democratic Peace Party Ahmad al-Fadli.
The Authority announced that Egyptians would start voting abroad between December 1 and 3 and inside Egypt between December 10 and 12.
Public notary offices nationwide have received citizens seeking to issue endorsements for potential candidates since 25 September and will continue doing so through 14 October.
