Entissar Nesim, head of the supreme electoral supervisory committee, said that the ruling party’s candidates for upcoming Shura Council elections would be announced at a press conference on Monday.
Safwat el-Sherif, secretary-general of the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP), met with President Hosni Mubarak for an hour on Sunday to brief him on the latest list of party candidates.
The president reportedly gave instructions that elections be held with “total transparency,” noting that the NDP “must serve as an example” of democracy and electoral integrity.
Translated from the Arabic Edition.
