Egypt to hold presidential elections in May
The ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces moves up the date of the presidential election after criticism from protesters.
An Egyptian woman chooses her candidates in a voting booth at a polling station in Cairo’s Zamalek neighbourhood on January 29, 2012 during the first stage of voting for Egypt’s upper house of parliament, the Shura Council. AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD HAMS
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Egypt will vote for a new president in May, the state-owned Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram reported on Wednesday.
"Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Local Development Mohammed Attiya told Al-Ahram that presidential elections would take place at the end of May but that the elections committee would set the date," Al-Ahram wrote.
Al Jazeera reported that candidates for president must declare by March 10, and then campaigning will last for 45 days.
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