CAIRO, Egypt
Egypt will hold a presidential
vote on December 10 to 12, 2023, the country's election authority announced
Monday.
Walid Hassan Hamza, chairman
of Egypt's National Election Authority, said the winner will be declared on
December 18.
"The final results of the
presidential elections will be announced and published in the official
newspaper no later than January 16th. Therefore, the entire election process
will conclude before January 17th, 2024."
Although yet to formally
announce his candidacy, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is widely expected
to win reelection.
Experts had predicted that
Sisi would move forward the 2024 election, ahead of a predicted switch to a
flexible exchange rate which could exacerbate tensions.
The votes come as the country
battles an economic crisis, with inflation sky-rocketing in recent months and
the currency losing half its value since March 2022.
The government has kept the
exchange rate pegged since early this year.
Sisi, 68, has been in power
since 2014, when he was first elected. He won again in 2018 against one of his
own political allies.
He further consolidated his
power in 2019 following a change to the constitution which allows him to stand
for a third term. The changes also adjusted the length of
presidential terms from four to six years, allowing Sisi to stay in power until
2030 should he win.
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