2023-09-26 16:24:36
The president of Egypt, Abdel Fattah el Sisi, seeks to settle into power for another decade. The National Electoral Authority has announced the celebration of presidential election for three days in December. The authoritarian political system, prevailing in the country since coup of Sisi in 2013, will guarantee him a new mandate that can be extended until 2030. The former head of the Egyptian Armed Forces has not yet presented his candidacy for the highest position in the nation of the pharaohs. Some politicians have done so, although they do not pose any danger to the former military man who governs his country with an iron fist despite criticism from the West for his worrying record of human rights and the critical economic situation.
Waleed Hamza, president of the National Electoral Authority, has announced that the vote will take place from December 10 to 12. Six days later, there will be results. If no candidate obtains more than 50% of the votes, an unlikely situation, a second round will be held from January 8 to 10. In this case, the winner will be known on January 16. Sisi’s government He has not given explanations for this advancement of the elections that were to be held in 2024. During his mandate, the dictator has modified the political system to remain at the forefront, since the 2019 constitutional amendments allowed him to run for two additional terms, in addition to extending the duration of presidential terms from four to six years.
Candidate spied
Sisi first came to power in 2014 after leading, as defense minister and army leader, a coup that overthrew Egypt’s first democratically elected president. Mohamed Morsi. In 2018, he won the election with a resounding victory against a single candidate, a supporter of Sisi. He got 97% of the votes after all the opponents serious were arrested or they themselves retreated intimidation.
This time, the name that stands out among the four candidates who have expressed their intention to run is that of the former deputy Ahmed Tantawi. Although the campaign will not start until the second half of November, Tantawy has already been affected by the tricks of Sisi’s men.
After he openly declared his plans to run for president, between the months of May and September, Tantawy was “attacked with spyware Cytrox Predator through links sent by SMS and WhatsApp“The Citizen Lab reported earlier this month. “Given that Egypt is a known customer of Cytrox’s Predator spyware, and the spyware was delivered via network injection from a device physically located in Egypt, we attribute the attack to the Egyptian government with great confidence,” he stated in his report. In addition, Tantawy has also reported that security forces have detained some of his associates and prevented him from holding election-related events. Even so, the former deputy maintains his candidacy.
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