Egypt

Brotherhood’s party to compete for over 40% of parliamentary seats

The Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party has submitted its parliamentary candidacy list to the elections committee of the Democratic Coalition, of which the party is a member among 42 other parties.

The list indicates that the party would compete for over 40 percent of parliamentary seats under the individual and combined candidacy systems.

Meanwhile, Saad al-Husseini resigned from the group’s Guidance Bureau when he learned that the group is not fielding candidates in the elections. Since he now plans to run as a member of the Freedom and Justice Party, rules bar him from continuing to be a member of the Guidance Bureau.

Among the party’s 200 candidates are Essam al-Erian and Mohamed al-Biltagy.

Translated from the Arabic Edition

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