The Daily Message for the International-Local Mission to Observe the Parliamentary Elections

The International-Local Mission continued observing the proceedings of the electoral process, and in the framework of its work and aspiration to reach an electoral process characterized with transparency, integrity and equal opportunities, MAAT for Peace , Development and Human Rights, the local partner for the International-Local Mission submitted a complaint to the High Elections Committee "HEC" against one of Mattarya constituency candidates, in Cairo governorate, for providing electoral bribes in disguise to the people of the constituency, to falsify their electoral will.

The Mission also commends that some districts removed all the campaigning banners placed by the candidates, before the decided dates for campaigning. In the same context, the Mission commends the decision of Dr. Ihab al-Gaafari, director of Belbais educational directorate, whom circulated a publication on all schools, forbidding any candidate to enter to schools, to distributegifts to students, or do graffiti on schools' walls, and to inform him immediately in case any candidate tried to write t on the school walls, to take the legal actions in this regard.

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Yesterday, the second day of opening the door for the electoral campaigning for the elections first stage's candidates , the Mission observed that the candidates organized many conferences and meetings with the people of their constituencies, the Mission also observed, that a lot of the candidates organized electoral tours on the shops and popular markets each in their constituency.

The Mission, as well, observed that some candidates of the second stage of the elections were campaigning in violation with the scheduled dates by the High Elections Committee, in many constituencies.

In the same context, the candidates continue to violate the governing rules for the electoral process through the exploitation of civil institutions, which are forbidden to support any electoral candidate. For example, Engineer Ismail Nasr el Deen, former member of the National Party, and candidate for constituency No. 24 in Helwan, Cairo governorate, used "Lovers of Helwan" Association, which he is the head of its board, in his electoral campaigning, where the Association organized a Marathon for bicycles and motorcycles, and the candidate distributed prizes to participants by himself.

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The Mission observed that candidate Samer El Talawy member of "In Love Of Egypt" electoral list, in Monofeya , he deployed campaigning banners to congratulate the people of Monofeya on Eid Al Adha, using his position as the head of "Al Ard Al Tayebe " or " The Good Land" in his electoral campaign.

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In Giza governorate, the Mission observed that Alsaf constituency's candidate Abed Alaa attended the Friendship football tournament course, and handed over the trophie to the winning team. and he asked them to vote for him.

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In Minya governorate, the Mission observed that candidate Hamada Soliman affiliated to Mostakbal Watan party, in Minya city constituency, hanged banners on the gates of the school complex , in Al Zokhrof St.

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‫In the same constituency in Minya, candidate Shady Abu El Ela put up campaign posters on the top of El Mansura mosque.

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