Egypt\u2019s two sole presidential candidates Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Mousa Mostafa Mousa have commenced their official campaigns for the elections set for March 26-28.<\/p>\n
Sisi\u2019s campaign announced that four electoral campaigns including \u201cMowaten\u201d (Citizen), \u201cAlashan Tbneeha\u201d (To build it),\u201dEatelaf Daam Masr\u201d (Support Egypt Coalition), and \u201cKolena Maak men Agl Masr\u201d (We\u2019re all with you for Egypt) will coordinate together to organize the necessary publicity conferences.<\/p>\n
The campaign\u2019s official spokesperson Mohammed Abu Shoqa asserted that state officials will not participate in the campaigns. He said, \u201cduring 2014, we faced a lot of lies and rumors. We committed ourselves to the utmost restraint, either in expression or behaviour, to be more committed to the law.\u201d<\/p>\n
Shoqa added that the campaign\u2019s maximum costs will be LE20 million, adding that Sisi\u2019s campaign is preparing to hold meetings, interviews and conferences with the press.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Mousa Mostafa Mousa held two meetings with Arab tribes and members of his Ghad party on Saturday to start the electoral campaign, which mainly will include two rallies in Cairo and Giza as well as several conferences nationwide.<\/p>\n
Mousa\u2019s supporters posted banners on the party\u2019s walls in Cairo\u2019s downtown and printed thousands of pamphlets containing a brief on Mousa and his electoral program.<\/p>\n
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Egypt\u2019s two sole presidential candidates Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Mousa Mostafa Mousa have commenced their official campaigns for the elections set for March 26-28. Sisi\u2019s campaign announced that four electoral campaigns including \u201cMowaten\u201d (Citizen), \u201cAlashan Tbneeha\u201d (To build it),\u201dEatelaf Daam Masr\u201d (Support Egypt Coalition), and \u201cKolena Maak men Agl Masr\u201d (We\u2019re all with you for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7863],"tags":[33689,2484,33688,30949],"class_list":["post-73867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-section","tag-alashan-tbneeha","tag-egypt","tag-mousa-mostafa-mousa","tag-presidential-candidates"],"yoast_head":"\n