Egyptian activists have launched a Facebook campaign to support reform advocate Mohamed ElBaradei for presidency.
It aims to collect 30,000 signatures to enable the former International Atomic Energy Agency director to run under new rules resulting from proposed constitutional amendments.
"The campaign is able to collect the signatures within few days, but will not take to the street unless the conditions for making that move are known," said Mohamed Adel, the campaign's media coordinator.
Adel added that the campaign is about to issue a “white book” which will respond to charges brought against ElBaradei during the pre-revolutionary period.
An army-appointed legal commission announced on 26 January a package of proposed constitutional amendments to ease restrictions on eligibility for presidential candidacy, limit presidential terms to two four-year periods and ensure full judicial monitoring of elections.
The commission set three methods for candidacy: a presidential hopeful should either be endorsed by 30 members from one of the parliament’s two chambers or both, garner 30,000 signatures from Egyptians living in 15 provinces or belong to a party that has at least one seat in the People’s Assembly or Shura Council.
