The election day of the Municipalities Elections

In the framework of the Democratic Watch in the Egyptian Association for Community Participation, the Watch follows the election day of the Municipalities Elections run in the ARE. After the follow-up of the nomination for elections, challenging and electioneering, the Watch has issued 4 reports, The present elections supposed to run two years ago, i.e. in 2006, they were postponed until the approval of a new law, but it has been hindered until the issuance of the presidential decree number 55 of 2008 dated 17/2/2008 inviting electors to vote for municipalities members in accordance to the Practice of Political Rights Act and the law of local administration system issued in law number 43 of 1979.

Administrative courts, on the Republic level, ruled that municipalities elections, in all municipalities in Cairo, Gizah, Sharkeya, Ismaleya, Gharbeya, Fayoum, Kafr El Sheikh, Beni Suef and Menoufeya governorates must stop.  These rules are further to executive authorities refusal to apply judgments that candidates of these governorates received in order to roll for elections.  As usual, executive authorities refused to apply a judgment, which is a usual behavior of the executive authority, and which renders these elections void, whereas.