Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) has suspended the membership of relatives of party candidates who will run in the next parliamentary elections, until the elections are over. “We want to prevent any suspicion of favoritism,” said NDP Cairo assistant organization secretary Gamal al-Saeed. “We have suspended the memberships so they cannot influence local unit officials during the elections.” Candidates had complained to Organization Secretary Ahmed Ezz about party member Mohamed Abdallah Refaai who they alleged had tried to influence officials in the al-Nozha constituency. Translated from the Arabic Edition.