Monitoring the conditions and changes of the electoral process before the door for candidacy is opened, early advertising, electoral bribes and the high cost of medical examination, the most prominent negatives, the speed of granting follow-up permits, and the role of localities in removing violating advertising, the most prominent positive aspects - Maat Foundation for Peace, Development and Human Rights

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Monitoring the conditions and changes of the electoral process before candidacy is opened, early advertising, electoral bribes, and the high cost of medical examination, the most prominent negatives, the speed of granting follow-up permits, and the role of local councils in removing violating advertising.

February 14, 2015

Within the framework of the Parliamentary Election Observatory of the Joint International - Local Mission to follow up on the Parliamentary Elections “Egypt 2015”, the most important situations and changes that emerged during the pre-candidacy period were monitored and evaluated, specifically after the Supreme Elections Committee announced the dates for the voting process.
The report focused on the variables related to enabling civil society organizations to follow the elections, in addition to the procedures governing candidacy according to the decisions of the Supreme Elections Commission, and finally the features of the political context related to the positions of the different forces to participate in the electoral process.
The report dealt with the organizing framework for the follow-up of civil society organizations on the elections and the procedures set by the Supreme Elections Committee, and listed the most important negatives that were summarized in the short registration period granted to the organizations and the slow procedures of the Ministry of Social Solidarity in granting the required certificates to civil society organizations. In return, the report praised the committee’s speed in issuing permits during Only seven days from the date of registering the followers on the committee's website.
The reports also monitored the most important features of the early propaganda carried out by the candidates and how state agencies dealt with them. He also monitored the problems surrounding the medical examination of the candidates, and finally the map of the forces participating in and boycotting the electoral process.