EGYPT: Ballot boxes distributed in Cairo ahead of presidential election

Record ID: 860366

  • Title: EGYPT: Ballot boxes distributed in Cairo ahead of presidential election
  • Date: 23rd May 2012
  • Summary: CAIRO, EGYPT (MAY 22, 2012) (REUTERS) MAIN COURTHOUSE SIGN READING: "GIZA PRELIMINARY COURT' SECURITY GUARDS CARRYING BOXES CONTAINING BALLOTS MEN PLACING BOXES IN CAR (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) MOHAMAD ALMASRI, DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL, SAYING: "Today, God willing, they will receive the papers and the envelopes which are there for the elections. God willing, tomorrow morning we will go to the [election] committee and may God make this a success and Egypt elect a good president." ALMASRI GETTING INTO CAR SECURITY CARRYING MORE BOXES WITH BALLOTS IN THEM (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) SAAD MADI, A LAWYER SPECIALISING IN CONSTITUTION LAW, SAYING: "Now we have started distributing the [ballot] boxes to the districts for the main [election] committees and the side committees. It is clear that there is good security and police presence and we hope the people will practise self restraint and not cause any trouble." SIGN ON BUILDING READING: "ALAGOOZA NATIONAL SCHOOL" SCHOOL ENTRANCE VARIOUS VIEWS OF BALLOT BOXES AT SCHOOL WOMAN WITH BOX ON HER HEAD WALKING AWAY SECURITY PERSONNEL WITH BOX LEAVING SECURITY CARRYING BOXES WITH BALLOTS IN THEM WALKING AWAY
  • Embargoed: 7th June 2012 13:00
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  • Location: Egypt
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  • Country: Egypt
  • Topics: Politics
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  • Story Text: Ballot boxes and papers were distributed in the Cairo area on Tuesday (May 22), as residents of the most populous Arab country prepared for the presidential elections scheduled to take place on Wednesday (May 23).
    Security guards carried the boxes to cars belonging to lawyers and members of the election committee who will deliver them to the various election centres throughout the country.
    "Today, God willing, they will receive the papers and the envelopes which are there for the elections. God willing, tomorrow morning we will go to the [elections] committee and may God make this a success and Egypt elect a good president," Deputy Attorney General Mohamad al-Masri told Reuters.
    "Now we have started distributing the [ballot] boxes to the districts for the main [election] committees and the side committees. It is clear that there is good security and police presence and we hope the people will practise self restraint and not cause any trouble," said Saad Madi, a member of the committee and a lawyer specialising in constitutional law.
    If no candidate wins more than 50 percent in the first round, the top two vote-getters will fight a run-off in June. The army has pledged to hand power to the new president by July 1 and insists it is not siding with any candidate.
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