Ex-presidential candidate Mostafa Moussa calls for Sisi to run for another term

CAIRO – 28 August 2023: Former presidential candidate Moussa Mostafa Moussa has called for incumbent President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to run for another term and lead the country amid the current hard circumstances.

El-Ghad Party, headed by Moussa, announced on Sunday backing the potential candidacy of President Sisi in the coming elections.

The party has decided to “support President Sisi’s candidacy and to participate in the campaign backing him by all available means and mechanisms.”

Moussa called for all political parties and national forces to support Sisi’s candidacy and face the “malicious and fierce” campaign that aims to “cast doubt on the huge achievements made by the president over the previous years.”

The Ghad Party leader stressed the need for “protecting the supreme national interests of the country, preserving national unity, and safeguarding the achievements that have been made.”

Moussa also highlighted the need to complete the goals of the transitional phase of the June 30, 2013 revolution.

A number of political parties have earlier announced support to President Sisi’s potential candidacy, including the parliamentary majority party Mostaqbal Watan, the liberal Congress Party, the liberal Free Egyptians Party and the Homat Watan Party (Protectors of the Nation).

Third term

The constitution does not give the right for a president to run for a third term.

However, constitutional amendments in 2019 stretched the presidential term to six years instead of four. Therefore, Sisi has been serving a six-year term since 2018 and exceptionally has the right to run for a third six-year term until 2030.

Several leading figures from renowned political parties have also announced plans to run for elections, including Abdel-Sanad Yamama, head of El-Wafd Party and Hazem Oman, head of the People’s Republican Party.

The National Election Authority (NEA) has not yet announced the schedule for the upcoming presidential election, with the process expected to start by the end of this year.