CAIRO: Thirty-five judges have apologized for not supervising Egypt's upcoming parliamentary elections due to health reasons, according to Abdel Moez Ibrahim, head of the Supreme Electoral Committee. Ibrahim added that he will hold a meeting with the heads of primary court on Sunday to discuss preparations for the elections. Ibrahim said the committee will coordinate with security directors and governors to provide suitable places for the judges who will supervise the elections, slated to begin November 28 with the first round of elections for the People's Assembly. Ibrahim told Youm7 that his committee is committed to the judicial rule issued by the High Administrative Court to not prevent members of the dissolved National Democratic Party from running for elections, adding that citizens should not vote for the "remnants" of the former regime. He said he does not know whether the political isolation law, aiming to prevent former NDP members from participating in Egypt's political life, will be issued. Ibrahim said the committee has not received any complaints about the electoral campaigns of parliamentary candidates from the Muslim Brotherhood using the electoral slogan "Islam is the solution." Religious slogans are prohibited during elections. He said, "We will open a secret investigation into financial aids that prominent personalities or NGOs received to support the electoral campaigns of specific candidates." He warned that there are attempts aiming to delaying elections.
