The considered candidates are, Wafd leader El-Sayyid el-Badawi, Hani Sarie el-din and MP Mohamed Fouad.One of those three political leaders will be Al Wafd’s potential candidate for presidency. Ali’s campaign eventually announced the news on January 24 in a press conference. In this case, this candidate shall be announced winner if he obtains 5 percent (five percent) of the total number of voters registered in the voters’ database. Should the candidate fail to obtain such percent, PEC shall announce opening candidacy for another election, within no more than 15 days from the date of announcing results. In this case, elections shall be conducted according to the provisions of this law,” Article 36 states.

Source: Egypt Today January 25, 2018 16:41 UTC