The law on the presidential candidacy has not changed, said Mohamed Farahat, secretary general of the military-backed Advisory Council.
“We discussed it and sent it as it is to the military council, which has sent it in turn to the cabinet’s legislative committee,” Farahat explained, adding that nomination requirements have not changed either.
“We cannot change articles that the people agreed to in a referendum,” he said, adding that only the constituent assembly to write the constitution has the right to change the requirements.
The council was formed last October by Egypt’s military rulers. It brings together politicians, presidential candidates and youth representatives. The Muslim Brotherhood has boycotted the council.
On Sunday, Egypt's newly-appointed Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mohamed Attia said that the window for nominating presidential candidates will open in April.
The constituent assembly to be elected by parliament will draft the country's new constitution before subjecting it to a public referendum, Attia said in statements quoted by the state-run Al-Ahram.
SCAF head Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi vowed in a speech on 22 November to hand over power to a civilian government following presidential elections.
