2023-09-18 11:49:13
The main Egyptian liberal opposition movement denounced on September 17 “a political climate that does not allow the holding of free, fair and just elections without which the regime is both competitor and arbiter”, while the presidential election is planned ‘next year.
Hisham Kassem’s ‘Courant Libre’ coalition, formed in June 2023 by opposition parties, particularly on the left, has also indicated that it will not nominate a candidate for the presidential election scheduled for next year, following that his favorite was sentenced to six months in prison.
An Egyptian court sentenced Hisham Kassem, leader of this movement, to six months in prison on September 16, effectively preventing him from participating in the campaign for the spring 2024 presidential election.
An appeal hearing will take place on October 7, according to his lawyer. Mr. Kassem, 64, was “a potential presidential candidate,” his political coalition ‘Courant Libre’ declared in a statement on September 17. Adding that she “would not present a candidate for the next presidential election” and that she would suspend her activities.
Ahmed al-Tantawi, the only candidate already campaigning for the 2024 presidential election, denounced on September 13 the “crimes” committed by the “security forces” once morest his teams and supporters, in a press release published on X. Friday, September 15, A. Tantawi revealed that his phone had been tapped since September 2021, following the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab established the presence of spyware there.
Egypt’s President, Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, a former army chief, was first elected in 2014 following ousting the late elected Islamist President, Mohamed Morsi. He then won the 2018 election in a landslide victory once morest one of his own supporters.
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