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Female TV personality plans to run for Egypt presidency
Bothaina Kamel, first female presidential candidate, speaks at a news conference along with Egyptian political figures about victims of sectarian clashes with soldiers and riot police at a protest against an attack on a church in southern Egypt at El Sawy Culture Wheel in Cairo October 10, 2011. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El-Ghany
By Omnia Talal
CAIRO, April 13 (Aswat Masriya) News presenter and activist Bothaina Kamel said on Sunday that she intends to run for Egypt's upcoming presidential elections, adding that she has already begun collecting signatures.
Kamel, who failed to contest the 2012 elections because of lack of support, told Aswat Masriya in a telephone interview that she has also begun taking the required medical tests.
She added that her intention to run for presidency is based on her will to promote women's participation in political life and women's issues in general.
"I wasn't going to run for presidency, but I came under pressure from those concerned with women rights in Egypt," Kamel said.
Egypt will vote for a new president on May 26 and May 27.
