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Egyptian figures call for poll boycott
(MENAFN) Boycott of Egypt's presidential elections has been called for by several leading opposition figures.
Leaving the field for only Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, a sequence of candidates have withdrawn from the election on concerns over intimidation and the arrest of Sisi's leading challenger, which left the previous general the sole contender only a day before the 29 January nomination deadline.
"We call on our great people to boycott these elections entirely, and to not recognize anything that results from it," figures from across the political spectrum said in a joint statement.
Signatories included Abdel Moneim Abol Foutoh, an Islamist who garnered almost a fifth of first round votes in a 2012 presidential race; Hesham Genena, a prominent former anti-corruption watchdog chief; and Mohamed Anwar Sadat, who halted his own presidential bid this month out of concern for the safety of his campaigners.
Leaving the field for only Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, a sequence of candidates have withdrawn from the election on concerns over intimidation and the arrest of Sisi's leading challenger, which left the previous general the sole contender only a day before the 29 January nomination deadline.
"We call on our great people to boycott these elections entirely, and to not recognize anything that results from it," figures from across the political spectrum said in a joint statement.
Signatories included Abdel Moneim Abol Foutoh, an Islamist who garnered almost a fifth of first round votes in a 2012 presidential race; Hesham Genena, a prominent former anti-corruption watchdog chief; and Mohamed Anwar Sadat, who halted his own presidential bid this month out of concern for the safety of his campaigners.
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