Egyptian Armed Forces continue to secure Senate elections for 2nd day in a row
CAIRO - 12 August 2020: In implementation of the directives of the General Command of the Armed Forces to secure the 2020 Senate elections and provide areas of electoral commissionsto confront any potential hostilities.
For their part, a number of citizens participating in the elections expressed their appreciation for the great role played by the Armed Forces and the civil police to securethe electoral process with integrity and impartiality to maintain the stability of the homeland.
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Security directorates also tightened security measures to secure Senate elections.
This comes upon the directives of Interior Minister Mahmoud Tawfiq who is following up all measures required to secure the elections from the main operations room.
The heads of security directorates continue to follow up security plans and measures implemented to secure the voting process nationwide and to remove any obstacles that may face the voters, mainly the elderly people and persons with special needs.
Security authorities also asserted the importance of taking all protective measures during the elections process in order to avoid the spread of the COVID-19.
Egyptians at home started voting process Tuesday in the Senate Elections Tuesday at home, after it concluded expats vote on Monday.
The Senate is the upper chamber of the Parliament, which was reinstated as part of constitutional amendments that passed in a referendum in 2019, in replacement of Shura Council, which was dissolved in 2014.
The voting process kicked off at 9 a.m. as scheduled by the Supreme Elections Committee. Queues of voters wearing medical masks and holding disinfectants were seen outside polling stations in different governorates; floor marks keeping social distance for voters were seen at some polling stations.
Noticeable turnout by elderly voters was seen during the early hours of the day.
A total of 63 million Egyptians are registered voters, and entitled to vote in the 2020 Senate elections, where they will cast their votes at 14,092 sub-polling stations. The judicial supervision of the voting process is assigned to 18,000 judges and 120,000 employees.
On Monday, Egyptian expats concluded 2-day voting process in 124 countries via mail. The final results of the Senate elections will be announced on August 16.
In case of a re-election, elections will be held abroad on Sunday and Monday (September 6 and 7), and in Egypt on Tuesday and Wednesday (September 8 and 9).
The General Command of the Armed Forces had taken all measures to secure the 2020 Senate elections nationwide, and provide a safe environment for citizens to cast their votes, in coordination with the Interior Ministry.
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