Judge Ahmed Bandari, Director of the Executive Branch of the National Elections Authority, said that the Authority received 13 complaints from parties.
The National Election Authority responds to 13 complaints regarding the re-election round
The National Elections Committee announced that the complaints included a complaint from the National Front Party about not opening committees at Abdel Hamid Radwan Secondary School in the Dar es Salaam district. The head of the follow-up committee was inquired about and reported that work was regular, and a complaint from the Front Party regarding the refusal of delegates and agents for candidates from entering the committees of Qus Secondary School for Boys. Communication was made and it was found that there were 5 delegates, and a third complaint from the Front Party in Committee 32 of Akhmim Center in Sohag about a shortage of voter list papers. These deficiencies were completed and a fourth complaint from the party in the committee. 34 from Al-Sawamah Al-Sharq Primary School in Sohag. The committee was closed. In communication with the head of the committee, he reported regular work. The Justice Party complained about distributing gunpowder and Shabrakhit balloons. The incident was caught by the security forces. The Democratic Generation Party complained about the presence of a tent for distributing bribes in Imbaba. A report was drawn up. The Republican People’s Party complained about the presence of election propaganda in front of the electoral headquarters. Coordination was made with the administrative body and it was removed. The Justice Party complained about the disruption of work within Committee No. 15. In communication with the head of the committee, he reported regular work. A complaint was filed by a news website about the presence of a female candidate in the Imbaba district in Giza before the 37 Committee, which claims to direct voters to a specific candidate. The head of the committee was contacted and he decided regularly to work and that the complaint was not valid.
He explained that the complaints received from the governorates consisted of 18 complaints from Sohag, 18 others from Fayoum, 15 from Qena, and 12 complaints from governorates other than the runoff, confirming that 13 complaints were received from parties.
He added that 53 complaints were received throughout the day, 14 complaints of directing voters, 11 of them not allowing candidate representatives to be present inside the committees, 9 complaints of delaying the voting process, 7 complaints of overcrowding and overcrowding in the electoral committees, 7 complaints of electoral bribery, 3 complaints of inquiring about the electoral committees, and two complaints of not being included in the voter database, explaining that the age groups submitting the complaints varied between young people and the elderly, most of them males, and two complaints from females.
The National Elections Authority’s operations room, headed by Judge Ahmed Bandary, Director of the Authority’s executive body, held this evening its conference to follow up on the closure of committees after the end of voting on the first day in 19 canceled districts in 7 governorates and the runoff district in the Itsa Center in Fayoum Governorate.
Judge Ahmed Bandari affirmed at the beginning of the conference that on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, which falls on December 3 of each year, the National Elections Authority extends its thanks to Egypt’s esteemed people of determination for their keenness to actively participate in the various electoral entitlements and for the remarkable participation of voters with disabilities witnessed and their great keenness to participate in the voting process in a way that inspires pride and pride in the face of these national scenes in all their details.
He added that this active participation of this capable group of Egyptians in the current House of Representatives elections reflects the success of the efforts undertaken by the Commission in cooperation with the National Council for Persons with Disabilities. The Commission reiterates that it spares no effort to make it easier for voters in general and for people with disabilities in particular to exercise their rights and participate effectively in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution and the law, and to truly involve them in the field of political action through elections.
