{"id":3830,"date":"2023-09-24T09:59:08","date_gmt":"2023-09-24T07:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zawia3.com\/?p=3830"},"modified":"2023-10-02T14:32:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T12:32:16","slug":"%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%87%d9%8a%d8%a6%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%88%d8%b7%d9%86%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%84%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%aa%d8%ae%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%aa%d8%b1%d9%81%d8%b6-%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%82%d8%a8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zawia3.com\/en\/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%87%d9%8a%d8%a6%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%88%d8%b7%d9%86%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%84%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%aa%d8%ae%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%aa%d8%b1%d9%81%d8%b6-%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%82%d8%a8\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt: National Elections Authority Denies Sadat Association&#8217;s Presidential Election Monitoring Request"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3830\" class=\"elementor elementor-3830\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1ee04bc5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1ee04bc5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6fb0e55f\" data-id=\"6fb0e55f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ab143fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ab143fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p dir=\"rtl\" style=\"line-height: 1.7999999999999998; text-align: right; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><b id=\"docs-internal-guid-54c93acc-7fff-a50a-c212-593f5a3ff9c7\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><br \/><\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Georgia,serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">In Egypt,\u00a0 The National Elections Authority has rejected the request of the <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.khatwamasr.org\/who-we-are\/%D9%85%D9%86-%D9%86%D8%AD%D9%86\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Georgia,serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Sadat Development and Social Care Association<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Georgia,serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> to monitor the upcoming presidential elections, despite meeting all the registration requirements and criteria, according to the association&#8217;s chairman, Mohamed Anwar Sadat.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"rtl\" style=\"line-height: 1.7999999999999998; text-align: right; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><b style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Georgia,serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Sadat added that an official letter of eligibility for the association to monitor the elections was issued by the Ministry of Social Solidarity, citing its previous experience, qualifications, and participation in monitoring electoral processes since its establishment in 2004. Sadat emphasized that the association was rejected while approvals were granted to friendly and cooperative associations and councils.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"rtl\" style=\"line-height: 1.7999999999999998; text-align: right; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><b style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Georgia,serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">As the nomination period for the Egyptian presidential elections approaches, opposition forces criticized what they described as &#8220;weak monitoring mechanisms&#8221; for the voting process, calling for &#8220;more serious guarantees.&#8221; On the other hand, leaders of local organizations that received official approval to monitor the electoral process, expected to take place in the coming months, stated that &#8220;the objections are misplaced.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"rtl\" style=\"line-height: 1.7999999999999998; text-align: right; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><b style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Georgia,serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">The &#8220;Democratic Civil Movement,&#8221; an opposition coalition of 12 parties and public figures, previously called for a &#8220;package of guarantees for the integrity and transparency of the presidential elections,&#8221; including &#8220;subjecting the entire electoral process to monitoring by local and international organizations known for their neutrality and impartiality.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"rtl\" style=\"line-height: 1.7999999999999998; text-align: right; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><b style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Georgia,serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">The website &#8220;X,&#8221; formerly known as Twitter, witnessed a debate about the names of organizations whose requests to monitor recent electoral processes were accepted. Former Egyptian Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei was involved in the debate, criticizing the &#8220;weakness of these organizations.&#8221; The Egyptian government&#8217;s <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; font-family: Georgia,serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Official Gazette<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Georgia,serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">recently published the decision of the National Elections Authority to accept the requests of 34 local civil society organizations to monitor the electoral processes, in addition to the National Council for Human Rights, the National Council for Women, and the National Council for Disability Affairs, as well as 9 foreign organizations and institutions, in the electoral monitoring database.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"rtl\" style=\"line-height: 1.7999999999999998; text-align: right; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><b style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Georgia,serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Among the foreign organizations announced to monitor the Egyptian elections are the &#8220;Arab Organization for Human Rights,&#8221; &#8220;Uganda Forum for Non-Governmental Organizations,&#8221; &#8220;International Sitting Forum,&#8221; and the &#8220;Arab Parliament, which has led to mockery and the use of exclamation marks on social media due to the unfamiliarity of these associations and the absence of a credible opposition civil society organization to monitor the Egyptian elections.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"rtl\" style=\"line-height: 1.7999999999999998; text-align: right; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Egypt,  The National Elections Authority has rejected the request of the Sadat Development and Social Care Association to monitor the upcoming presidential elections<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":3825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[561,412,390],"tags":[401,526,550,540,535],"kateb":[],"class_list":["post-3830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category----2024-en","category-politics-en","category-human-rights","tag-egypt","tag-egyptian-presidential-elections","tag-sadat","tag-zawia3-2","tag-535"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/zawia3.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/anwar_profile_pic-e1652703118237.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zawia3.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zawia3.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zawia3.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zawia3.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zawia3.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3830"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/zawia3.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4079,"href":"https:\/\/zawia3.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3830\/revisions\/4079"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zawia3.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zawia3.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zawia3.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zawia3.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3830"},{"taxonomy":"kateb","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zawia3.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kateb?post=3830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}