Close to ten days towards Egyptian parliamentary elections, voters in the diaspora have allegedly not told how they get involved in their elections.
Egyptians in Rwanda has told igihe.com that stuck and left out in the voting preparations.
The elections will be the first of its kind and Egyptians voters in Diaspora have not yet been given guidelines.
Rwanda’s Egyptian ambassador Khaled Abdel Rahman disclosed that up to now he has not received any guidance from his government in regard to the elections which are scheduled on 25th November.
“However I would urge Egyptians to calm down since it’s not only those in Rwanda who are affected rather everyone in the diaspora, so for the meantime were waiting for a directive and logistics from the electoral commission,” Amb. Abdel Rahman said.
These elections are considered vital for the country’s progress since the voted parliamentarians will be mandated to amend the constitution.
However some Egyptians in the country have argued that their country is not yet ready to hold elections and rather prefer the transitional leadership of Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF).
“The campaign process for instance is so shallow to an extent the political manifestos are not clear, really how do they expect us in Rwanda to follow the campaign process,” one of the Egyptians living Rwanda said. “another problem is we don’t know if will vote individuals or those proposed by political parties,” he added.
AlaaGalal a physician at CHUK hospital was quick to note that the political situation was not yet sober, a fact seen among the majority of youth who campaign to be in top leadership positions yet they lack the competence.
“You see even though the youth led the revolution and I don’t think its relevant to immediately give them top political offices, what is best is for them is to integrate them in the system with the supervision of experienced politicians serving as mentors and after ten years I believe we will have a better government led by competent leaders,” AlaaGalal remarked.
Mohammed Okasha a gynecologist in the same hospital noted that he was so worried with preparations of the elections since the country was still at a state of tension.
“I wonder how you can have elections when there’s no security, the several political parties are not organized apart from the Islamic Brothers, but otherwise I’m happy the diaspora has been given a chance to vote,” he said.
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