The 50th anniversary of diverting the Nile “50 years ago, exactly on 15 May 1964, Egyptian manpower and Russian expertise completed the first phase of the High Dam. 16 May witnessed the start of the second phase that started by diverting the course of the Nile.” Al-Ahram Smart and dedicated “I think Al-Sisi will win the presidential elections because he has past experience in management… His statements are smart and his dedication is clear. However his success is linked to a few factors, namely that he should strengthen his relations with civil society and refrain from listening to hypocrites.” Ahmed Kamal Abul-Magd, Al-Akhbar A better future “If I win the election, the first day in my term will witness a better future and building a successful state. We will take serious decisions on different levels, the first of which is in the social justice file by introducing a social security network to protect the poor and vulnerable, namely the unemployed and women who are the breadwinners for their families.” Hamdeen Sabahi, Al-Shorouk President gets no more than LE42,000 “President Adli Mansour issued a law limiting the salary of the next president to LE21,000 per month in addition to a similar amount as a per diem. The law will be effective one day after it is published in the official newspaper.” Al-Watan 2,500,000viewers in 72 hours “Hussein Al-Jasmi's song that calls on Egyptians to vote attracted nearly one million viewers on YouTube in 72 hours. Al-Jasmi wrote on his Facebook account that the song is a gift to 82,196,587 Egyptians inside and outside Egypt.” Al-Wafd Facebook “Different revolutionary sectors have dedicated their time to discrediting each other which weakened them and affected their image on the streets. Likewise, the first round of the presidential elections will be held in an atmosphere of mutual discredit and voting for the opponent. Some will elect Al-Sisi because he is against the Brotherhood that represents fascism. Others will select Hamdeen Sabahi because he is against the military that represents corruption and despotism. There are another two groups. The first will boycott because they have no hope in either candidate and the second finds some hope in Sabahi's program — and this is the most positive group.” Hani George “Slogans and voting for Al-Sisi in front of the Egyptian Embassy in Doha is the best response to those who have been lying and misleading people.” Hani Raslan Twitter Mohamed El Dahshan @eldahshan Let's not fool ourselves with news of “large voter turnout among #Egypt expats”. There was NO voter registration. Can't compare to before. Mina Fayek @minafayek Sabahi is not an ideal candidate but on media & downtown cafés, mood seems to be turning from boycott to support. Alessandra Bajec @AlessandraBajec Egypt's presidential elections: If no EU observers but a Cairo-restricted team will monitor, what national election assessment will it be? akram el hosseiny @marakram Finally EU will monitor Egyptian presidential elections. Good step
