Anan noted that his intention to participate in the upcoming presidential elections came as a step from him aiming to save the Egyptian state from what he named “wrong policies” in various fields. Anan called on all the Egyptian civilian and military institutions to be “neutral” regarding the potential presidential candidates. Anan’s declaration to run in the 2018 presidential elections is not the first time he does so. With his 2018 declaration to run in the elections, Anan is facing a massive wave of criticism that includes accusations against his campaign of receiving funds from the banned Muslim Brotherhood group. He concluded by asserting that there are many people who did not commit any crime and have not been referred to trials and those people have the right to support Sami Anan.

Source: Egypt Independent January 22, 2018 09:56 UTC