Egypt's ruling party postpones annual meeting for general elections

Sun, 31 Oct 2010

Cairo - Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak postponed the annual conference of the ruling party to give candidates more time to prepare for next month's general elections, a state-owned newspaper reported Sunday.

The annual conference of the National Democratic Party (NDP), which was scheduled to take place on November 9-10, will be held on December 25-26, Al-Ahram newspaper reported.

Mubarak also ordered a meeting of top party officials on November 10 to discuss preparations for the polls, set for November 28.

The upcoming parliamentary elections are seen as a window into how next year's presidential elections will unfold. It is largely expected, that the NDP, which counts Mubarak's son Gamal as one of its top officials, will maintain its grip over parliament in elections.

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/351193,annual-meeting-general-elections.html.