CAIRO: Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said on Friday he will run for a second term in office in an election in March, which the former military commander is widely expected to win.
“Today ... I tell you frankly and transparently that I hope you would allow and accept my candidacy for the president’s post,” Sissi told a cheering crowd.
The vote will be held on March 26-28, with a run-off vote on April 24-26 if no candidate wins more than 50 percent in the first round. Candidates will register from Jan. 20 to 29.
In the televised announcement, Sissi listed Egypt’s achievements during his first term, including a nascent financial recovery after years of political turmoil and economic instability.
“Building the state takes 16 to 20 years, I am trying to finish it in 8 years, God willing,” Sissi said.
The former general became president in 2014, winning 96.91 percent of the vote, although turnout was only about 47 percent of the 54 million voters, after voting was extended for a day.
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Egypt's President El-Sisi says he will stand for reelection
Egypt's President El-Sisi says he will stand for reelection
Turkiye detains 115 alleged Daesh members
ISTANBUL: Some 115 alleged members of the Daesh group suspected of planning attacks during the end of year holidays have been arrested in Turkiye, Istanbul’s prosecutor general said Thursday.
“Following intelligence indicating that the Daesh terrorist organization was planning attacks during Christmas and New Year celebrations,” the prosecutor’s office ordered the detention of 137 people, 115 of whom have been arrested, the Istanbul prosecutor general’s office said in a statement.
Turkiye shares a 900-kilometer (559-mile) border with Syria, where militants groups are still active and where Daesh was accused of an attack in mid-December that killed two US soldiers and one civilian.
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