(MENAFN - Daily News Egypt) The board of directors of the National Electoral Commission (NEC), headed by Lashin Ibrahim, met on Saturday to continue reviewing requests of civil society organisations to monitor the upcoming presidential election. The NEC has already approved requests of 28 local organisations and four international ones, from a total number of 67 organisations that have sent requests. On 12 January, Al-Wafd Party announced that it will field a candidate in the next election. Al-Wafd Party, which is one of the oldest parties in the country, represents a large number of members in parliament. Endorsements for potential candidates in the upcoming election have reached almost 1.35 million, Mahmoud El-Sherif, spokesman for the NEC, said in a Friday statement.

Source: Daily News Egypt January 28, 2018 12:45 UTC