Tag Archives: FJP
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Egypt’s presidential election enters the final stage
Today the PEC announced its final list of candidates for the Egyptian presidency, and in doing so launched the final stage of the presidential election. According to election law, this stage is the first in which candidates can actually campaign, … Continue reading
Updates 4/10: Pro-revolution consensus candidate, the Constituent Assembly, & the disenfranchisement law
A brief overview of today’s election events & changes: Voter registration for Egyptians living abroad closes at midnight GMT on April 11 — 572,204 individuals have registered so far. Several candidates and their representatives met Monday at the Wasat Party … Continue reading
Filed under Abdel Moneim Abul-Fotouh, Abul-Ezz El-Hariri, Ahmed Shafiq, Amr Moussa, Ayman Nour, Candidate eligibility, Candidates & Campaigns, Economy, Egyptians living abroad, Hamdeen Sabbahi, Hazem Salah Abu-Ismail, Hisham El-Bastawisi, Khairat Al-Shater, Mohamed Mursi, Mohamed Selim Al-Awa, Omar Suleiman, Rules & Regulations, The Issues
Al-Shater candidacy continues to make waves
Egyptian politics continue to be dominated by the fallout from the Muslim Brotherhood’s weekend announcement that they would be fielding Khairat Al-Shater as a presidential candidate. Kamal Al-Helbawy, a former Brotherhood spokesperson who publicly resigned his post Saturday in protest, … Continue reading
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Khairat al-Shater submits candidacy papers, officially enters race
As tens of thousands of supporters waited outside, including prominent MB members and FJP MPs, Khairat al-Shater submitted his candidacy papers today at HPEC headquarters in order to be placed on the ballot as the FJP candidate. The crowds grew … Continue reading
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Election Update: Al-Shater to submit candidacy papers tomorrow
According to Mohamed Morsi, head of the Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), Khairat Al-Shater has gotten 279 MP signatures and will submit his official papers to the PEC tomorrow. Once successfully nominated, he will be the 10th official candidate. … Continue reading
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Rival candidate Abul-Fotouh speaks out against Al-Shater nomination
Rival candidate and former Muslim Brotherhood member Abdel Moneim Abul-Fotouh discussed the Muslim Brotherhood’s nomination of Khairat Al-Shater as a presidential candidate in an interview with Hiwar magazine. Abul-Fotouh stated his belief that civil institutions, including the Muslim Brotherhood, should … Continue reading
Abu-Ismail had Friday, Al-Shater had Saturday…Monday it was Abul-Fotouh’s turn
I want to preface this post by reminding everyone that Egyptian election law dictates that presidential candidates cannot officially begin campaigning until April 26th, at which point the list of candidates will be finalized by the PEC. That having been … Continue reading
Why Khairat al-Shatar is running via Arabist
Issandr el-Amrani, aka Arabist (@Arabist), published an interesting piece today about the reasons behind Khairat al-Shatar’s presidential bid. I definitely recommend you check it out, as well as another piece he published today (busy weekend I take it) in the National about … Continue reading
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