August 26, 2023. Hellas.
Cairo.
The liberal Congress Party has announced backing incumbent President Abdel
Fattah El-Sisi to run for a third presidential term during the 2024 elections.
In a statement on Saturday, the party announced “concerting all the organizational and structural efforts at the central level during this phase as well as all geographical and qualitative capabilities” to support Sisi’s candidacy in the upcoming elections.
The party also decided to form an internal committee under its leader Omar
Al-Mokhtar to manage the related partisan measures to support Sisi’s candidacy
for a new term, the statement added.
Similarly, the liberal Free Egyptians Party announced the formation of a
popular partisan campaign to back Sisi as the party’s candidate in the
elections.
Partisan support
A number of political parties have earlier announced support to President
Sisi’s potential candidacy, including the liberal Free Egyptians Party and the
Homat Watan Party (Protectors of the Nation).
Egypt’s parliamentary majority party Mostaqbal Watan announced on Wednesday
support for Sisi to run for another presidential term.
The decision comes in light of the party’s “support to all achievements
made during the tenure of Mr. President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi,” the party said
in a statement.
Sisi, elected in 2014 and re-elected in 2018, has not yet confirmed plans
to run for a third term.
Third term
The constitution does not give the right for a president to run for a third
term.
However, constitutional amendments in 2019 stretched the presidential term
to six years instead of four. Therefore, Sisi has been serving a six-year term
since 2018 and exceptionally has the right to run for a third six-year term
until 2030.
Several leading figures from renowned political parties have also announced
plans to run for elections, including Abdel-Sanad Yamama, head of El-Wafd Party
and Hazem Oman, head of the People’s Republican Party.
The National Election Authority (NEA) has not yet announced the schedule
for the upcoming presidential election, with the process expected to start by
the end of this year.
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