The Arab League (AL) on Sunday announced that it will take
part in monitoring the Senate election slated for August 11-12.
The announcement comes after Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Abul Gheit received a request from Head of the National Elections Authority (NEA) Counselor Lasheen Ibrahim to monitor the Senate polls.
The observers' mission is chaired by an AL assistant secretary-general and head of the oversight sector Ahmed Rachid Khattabi and a number of the Pan-Arab body staff from 10 Arab countries.
The AL mission is due to make field visits across the nation to monitor the elections, per the legal system governing the electoral process and the NEA's decisions.
In case of a re-election, the ballot will be held abroad on Sunday and Monday (September 6 and 7).
Source: Egypt Today
