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Egyptian court says presidential elections to go as scheduled | Egypt's Higher Administrative Court overturned
Saturday a lower court's decision to suspend the presidential elections set to
be held on May 23 and 24, which meant the historic vote will go as scheduled.
The Administrative Court of Banha ordered Wednesday to suspend the presidential
elections, alleging the Higher Presidential Elections Committee doesn't have the
right to mobilize voters. The higher administrative court said that the presidential
elections law gives this right to the presidential elections committee, official
MENA news agency reported. The same court also annulled another ruling which suspended
the elections committee's decision to refer a political isolation bill targeting
officials linked to former regime over past ten years to the Supreme Constitutional
Court . The constitutional court has the jurisdiction to review the political
isolation law if the law is referred to it, said the higher court. The two verdicts
cleared the way for the polls. A total of 13 candidates will run in the elections.
Opinion polls show former foreign minister and Arab League chief Amr Moussa, and
former Muslim Brotherhood senior member Abdel Monem Aboul Fotouh are among the
leading candidates. They were followed by former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafik and
Mohamed Morsi, chairman of the Freedom and Justice Party, the political arm of
the Muslim Brotherhood. Analysts say no one could win more than 50 percent in
the first round. The run-off will be held on June 16 and 17. The vote is the first
after ex-President Hosni Mubarak stepped down in February last year amid 18 days
of mass anti-government protests. The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, which
has since been in power for the transition, will hand over power by June 30.
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