CAIRO - 27 May 2024: Former MP Ahmed Tantawi was arrested Monday in Matariya Appeals Court to serve his one-year imprisonment over forging political endorsements in order to run for the 2024 presidential elections. The court upheld the sentence of Tantawi and his office manager along with paying a LE20,000-fine. Tantawi failed to collect the minimum number of endorsements either from the parliament or from citizens at notary offices to run for president. The case also involved another 21 defendants, who were members of the presidential campaign of Tantawi. Last October, number of people were arrested in the governorates of Alexandria, Giza, Fayoum, and Suez for forging endorsement forms for the favor of ‘one of the potential candidates’ for the 2024 presidential elections.

Source: Egypt Today May 27, 2024 20:13 UTC