Head of the Wafd Party al-Sayyid al-Badawy has indicated that he intends to run in Egypt’s upcoming presidential elections, according to a number of local media outlets. The decision was taken during a meeting among party and security officials, who were deciding between Badawy and Hany Sarrey Eddin, Al-Masry Al-Youm reports. According to Egypt’s election law, presidential hopefuls need to collect at least 20 endorsements from Members of Parliament, or 25,000 endorsements from eligible voters across at least 15 of Egypt’s 27 governorates, with a minimum of 1000 from each governorate in order to be allowed to run in the elections. Before Badawy’s decision to run, the Wafd had planned to give its support to sitting president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, with the majority of Wafd Party MPs already having endorsed him. Monday January 29 is the last day to submit the required paperwork to the National Elections Authority to be allowed to run in the elections, scheduled for March 26-28. The decision comes after Khaled Ali, the only remaining major presidential candidate besides President Abdel Fattah al Sisi, announced on Wednesday that he was withdrawing from the race, citing a…
