Egypt court upholds sentence against ex-presidential hopeful Ahmed Tantawy
18/12/2024 6:26
An Egyptian court has upheld a one-year prison sentence with labour against former presidential hopeful Ahmed Tantawy and his campaign manager Mohamed Abou El-Diar on charges of forging election documents, Tantawy's legal team said on Tuesday.
Tantawy was the most prominent figure to challenge Abdel Fattah al-Sisi last year for a third term, which he won with 89.6% of the vote.
He suspended his campaign before the election, citing harassment and arrests targeting dozens of his allies and family members that prevented him from securing the required number of public endorsements to appear on the ballot.
Egyptian authorities denied any wrongdoing and accused Tantawy's campaign of distributing unauthorised copies of endorsement forms to gather public support.
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