Egypt will hold a long-awaited parliamentary election in two phases
starting Oct. 18-19, the election commission said on Sunday August 30,2015, the final
step of a roadmap to democracy that critics say has been tainted by a
crackdown on dissent.
The first phase of voting was due to begin in March but the election was delayed after a court ruled part of an election law unconstitutional.
The second phase of voting will take place on Nov. 22-23,2015 the election commission told a news conference.
Egypt has been without a parliament since June 2012 when a court dissolved the democratically elected main chamber, reversing a major accomplishment of the 2011 uprising that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak.
Then military chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who went on to become president, toppled Egypt's first freely elected president, Islamist Mohamed Mursi, in 2013 after mass protests against his rule.
The army then announced a roadmap to democracy in Egypt, the most populous Arab state and close ally of Western powers.
The first phase of voting was due to begin in March but the election was delayed after a court ruled part of an election law unconstitutional.
The second phase of voting will take place on Nov. 22-23,2015 the election commission told a news conference.
Egypt has been without a parliament since June 2012 when a court dissolved the democratically elected main chamber, reversing a major accomplishment of the 2011 uprising that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak.
Then military chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who went on to become president, toppled Egypt's first freely elected president, Islamist Mohamed Mursi, in 2013 after mass protests against his rule.
The army then announced a roadmap to democracy in Egypt, the most populous Arab state and close ally of Western powers.
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