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Wednesday, 4 October 2017

A victory for potential presidential candidates would just be to get on the ballot

Controversial university professor Mona Prince says she is running for President and that her bid aims to “[break] the image of the president as an all-knowing, god-like type,” Ruth Michaelson writes for The Guardian. Michaelson notes that candidates, potentially including Anwar El Sadat, are not aiming for victory, and that simply being on the ballot would be a victory for them. “The competition with Sisi is not necessarily about [succeeding], it’s about creating debate,” says El Sadat. Prince is aiming for something different, telling Michaelson, “Some people call me crazy, but we need a little bit of craziness in our lives … We need this hint of craziness in a president. Someone daring.” Candidates running for President require a petition of at least 30,000 signatures from 15 governorates to get on the ballot.

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