Seven opposition parties have decided not to take part in next month’s presidential elections, citing a “tight timetable did not give competitors a real chance to present themselves and their programs." Comprised of seven leftist and liberal parties and 150 political figures, the Democratic Civil Movement was founded in December of last year to define a unified stance regarding the presidential polls. Pres. Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi, who has been in office since 2014, announced on 19 January his intention to run for a second four-year term. Al-Sisi’s sole rival is Moussa Mustafa Moussa, chairman of the little known Ghad Party.
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Pictured: Hamdeen Sabahi,former presidential candidate and a prominent member of the Democratic Civil Movement.
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