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The International Network Statement for follow-up Arab elections- Statement No. 2

Today, the network of election in the Arab world has started its follow-up of Egyptian elections from 8:00am in the three governorates of Cairo and Alexandria and Fayoum. It is worth mentioning that the network of elections in the Arab world has got 67 licenses and permits of the Supreme Commission for Egyptian Elections to follow up the electoral process. The network is making the follow-up process of self-funding. The network has previously observed elections in several countries, including Tunisia, Jordan, Morocco, Sudan, Iraq and Yemen. In the first half day of the election of the first phase of parliamentary elections, there were several observations that monitored especially the insistence of some parties on the distribution of publicity for their candidates before the election commissions. As well as delay the start of the voting process and the opening of the committees to more than 8:00am in the morning due to a delay of judges and in other committees of the absence of the candidate's agents, as well as closure of the committees No. 105 and 106 Bandar Fayoum in the faces of citizens under the pretext of rest and prayer for more than an hour, which led to the objections of some candidates and their desire to leave. some committees in the Helwan area did not open until 2:30pm where the ballot papers did not reach polling commissions of Helwan industrial school for Girls. This makes bragging prevalent among voters with a skirmish between some voters and some police officers who have remained silent sometimes and talk quietly at other times . As network watched violent clashes in Heliopolis between supporters of Freedom and justice party, and supporters of the Egyptian Kotla. On the other hand, our representatives told us that Freedom and Justice Party members were violating all the rules of caution imposed on the propaganda front of all the committees visited by our representatives and also Egypt's national Party, especially in downtown, Maadi and Helwan. On the other hand, our representative see in Sahel Area the elections papers lists lying on the ground of the Subcommittee No. 305. In Kasr El Nile and especially in centers Nos. 147 - 148-145 - 146-151 - 150 – 149, nothing is planned to make arrangements for the access Committees. There was disorder reverse the situation outside the committee, there was more organization due the presence of police officers and men from the armed forces and there was propaganda campaign spread to many political parties such as Freedom, Justice and the Egyptian Kotla, Al Noor and El-Salafi. Through follow-up, many were present within the committees and there have been verbal skirmishes, without the decisive intervention of judges. There were some interventions of delegates inside and outside committees to guide some of the voters. The network commends neutrality of the armed forces and police during the follow-up in the committees that have been pursued consistently voter participation and motivation of the committees in this democratic feast, despite the events that preceded the election process in the last few days.

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