#Supreme Electoral Committee
In an official statement on Saturday, Ayman Abbas, head of the High Elections Committee and President of the Cairo Court of Appeal, said that eligible Egyptian voters who choose to abstain from voting without justification will face a 500 EGP ($US 63) fine. The decision comes in compliance with Article (57) of Egypt's political participation law. Despite parliamentary absence in Egypt for three years, many speculations have expected a low turn-out in the parliamentary elections taking place during October 17-19 in Egypt and…
