The Egyptian presidential elections will begin tomorrow (Sunday), with 3 candidates running in the presidential race in a confrontation with current President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, who is likely to be crowned with a third presidential term.

Starting tomorrow, Egyptians will cast their votes for 3 days, with the results for the first round being announced on December 18. According to the National Elections Authority, voting will take place in 9,367 electoral headquarters, including schools and youth centers, with 11,631 subcommittees, and under the supervision of 15,000 judges.

The authority indicates that 67 million Egyptians over the age of 18 have the right to vote out of a total population of 104 million people, while a number of people are deprived of it, including those with mental illnesses, those convicted with final sentences of crimes including tax evasion and corrupting political life, and convicts who have been sentenced. With custodial penalties.

The head of the Egyptian Social Democratic Party (centre) Farid Zahran, the head of the Wafd Party (liberal) Abdel-Sanad Yamama, and the head of the Republican People’s Party (liberal) Hazem Omar are running in the competition with President Sisi after they submitted their candidacy papers supported by the necessary number of parliamentary recommendations.

Egyptians voted abroad from the first of December to the third of the same month. According to the Egyptian Constitution, it is necessary for one of the candidates to obtain an absolute majority to avoid a runoff in January.

Sisi won the previous two presidential sessions, in 2014 and 2018, after obtaining 97% of the votes.

Yesterday, the Egyptian Ministry of the Interior completed its security preparations and intensified the security deployment around the committees and all the roads leading to it, with the deployment of rapid intervention forces supported by members of the female police to deal immediately with all emergency situations. The traffic police, equipped with the latest modern logistical means and techniques, were also activated to monitor movement in The main roads and the vicinity of the electoral committees to provide a safe climate and facilitate voters’ access to the committees, deal immediately with any situations that may arise during the course of the electoral process, and take all necessary measures to facilitate the lives of citizens, especially the elderly and people with special needs. The operations rooms in all security directorates across the republic operate 24 hours a day, as they follow up on all reports and notifications and direct the forces to the place of the reports for immediate and rapid handling. Security leaders at the republic level carefully follow up on the implementation of the security plans and field visits to the participating forces, to see the extent of Its readiness, and the emphasis on taking into account the humanitarian aspect when dealing with citizens. The Ministry of Interior stressed the mobilization of all energies and the commitment of the policemen to perform all the tasks entrusted to them within the legal framework to maintain security. It also calls on everyone to adhere to the instructions and cooperate with the policemen to implement the insurance plans with precision and perfection.