Dostour party backs Sabahi for presidency

Wednesday 16-04-2014 05:05 PM
Dostour party backs Sabahi for presidency

Dostour Party announces support for potential presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi on Wednesday, April 16, 2014. Ahmed Hamed/Aswat Masriya

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CAIRO, April 16 (Aswat Masriya) Egypt's liberal Dostour Party announced on Wednesday its support for potential presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi in the May presidential elections. 

The party said in a statement in a press conference earlier that the decision was made after a poll was conducted between members where Sabahi received 59 percent of the support. 

The statement added that 10 percent of the vote went to former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. 

Chairwoman Halah Shukrallah said that the party will immediately begin collecting recommendations for Sabahi.

Shukrallah insisted however that members have every right to choose whom they wish to support or vote for. 

Sabahi, who came third in 2012's presidential elections, is a leftist Nasserist politician. 

Sisi submitted on Monday the recommendations required to legally run for presidency. 

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