Sisi calls on the media not to offend Sudan or any Arab country

[The SC]

Not his fault but the rules are structured so that the advantage goes to the incumbent. The campaigning process is faulty on many levels, most of all the timeline allowed for candidates to collect and submit their required endorsements which is also another issue in of itself. Acquiring a percentage of endorsements from a group that most likely doesn't want you to be president is absurd. They need to fix and amend this rule.



The timeline to gather the required endorsements makes it almost impossible for any candidate to get in. It's much easier for the incumbent to get that than anyone who's outside of the government. The process is flawed without question.

This is what he said.

Ali claimed that several serious violations took place during the nomination phase of the electoral process, including the theft of his nomination endorsements, adding there "was a lack of cooperation from the National Elections Authority (NEA) in sharing with Ali the total number of endorsements collected."

Ali, a former candidate in the 2012 presidential elections, also said that the nine-day timetable set for gathering the endorsements required for nomination was "unfairly short."

Hopeful candidates must receive endorsements from a minimum of 20 MPs or 25,000 citizens from at least 15 governorates, with at least 1,000 endorsements from each governorate. The timetable set to collect endorsements has been set for 20 to 29 January.

http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/288746.aspx

Yes bro I understand that..the problem though is with these candidates, shouldn't they prepare for elections months before? This seems a bit clumsy to wait for the last minute to present one's candidacy..doesn't it.. they had enough time to campaign I guess.. and I am not defending any cause in this, just thinking in general international standards for elections..give and take..

 

[Gomig-21]

Yes bro I understand that..the problem though is with these candidates, shouldn't they prepare for elections months before? This seems a bit clumsy to wait for the last minute to present one's candidacy..doesn't it.. they had enough time to campaign I guess.. and I am not defending any cause in this, just thinking in general international standards for elections..give and take..

Yes, I definitely agree. There is a major shortage of desirable and qualified candidates. The ones who are -- and we know there are quite a few who would make excellent leaders of Egypt -- probably chose not to get involved which is a shame. I'd love to see a large pool of excellent candidates to take the mantle from Sisi, particularly after this next term. I certainly would like to see Sisi keep going to finish off all the great things he's started since he still has unfinished business to take care of, but the next election will be huge, to say the least.

BTW, one of those major, unfinished issues is the GERD. The dam is scheduled to become functional in October, 2018, and while I don't think there should be an issue with Ethiopia having a dam, the timeline for filling it is what will be the determining factor. If they want to fill it in 6 years, according research from Cairo University, that's not enough time for Egypt to prepare for the devastating effects the dam will have on farming irrigation and the loss of hundreds of thousands of acres. It also doesn't give Egypt enough time to get its desalination projects underway to make up for the losses in that aspect, which is separate from the agricultural problem. So this is really a very big issue that is in Sisi's hands and that will need his full attention to solve very soon as time is running out.

 

[The SC]

BTW, one of those major, unfinished issues is the GERD. The dam is scheduled to become functional in October, 2018, and while I don't think there should be an issue with Ethiopia having a dam, the timeline for filling it is what will be the determining factor. If they want to fill it in 6 years, according research from Cairo University, that's not enough time for Egypt to prepare for the devastating effects the dam will have on farming irrigation and the loss of hundreds of thousands of acres. It also doesn't give Egypt enough time to get its desalination projects underway to make up for the losses in that aspect, which is separate from the agricultural problem. So this is really a very big issue that is in Sisi's hands and that will need his full attention to solve very soon as time is running out.

There are many solutions..here is one of them:
https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/قناة_جونقلي
https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/قناة_جونقلي