The Wafd Party’s supreme body held a meeting at the headquarters of a pharmaceutical company belonging to party Chairman al-Sayed al-Badawy in 6 October City, and chose Badawy as the party’s presidential candidate to run against Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Wafd Party sources said on Thursday evening. Sources who wished to remain anonymous told Al-Masry Al-Youm that the party had been choosing between Badawy and party leader Hany Sarrey Eddin. In the end, the sources revealed, the party stabilized on Badawy and will officially announce him as presidential candidate on Saturday. The move comes just two weeks after the Wafd Party endorsed Sisi for a second term as president. The representative of Badawy submitted a request on behalf of Badawy on Friday morning, to undergo medical tests required by presidential candidates.

Source: Egypt Independent January 26, 2018 10:07 UTC