Interim President Adly Mansour said that holding the presidential elections first does not taint the Constitution because, according to it, a candidate may run for the presidency if supported by 25,000 votes from different governorates.
This came at the fourth meeting with representatives of the governorates of Egypt on Sunday to discuss the roadmap and the electoral system.
Mansour also said the government is committed to holding the parliamentary and presidential elections within six months of the adoption of the Constitution.
He added that all constituencies would be represented commensurately in accordance to their respective population density.
He praised the role of the Egyptian women in the 25 January and 30 June revolutions as a key driving force, hoping that women’s representation in parliament would be based on qualification and not a specified quota.
A presidential statement claimed that 93 of the participants in the dialogue preferred presidential election first, while two preferred the parliamentary.
The statement also said that 67 attendees preferred an individual system for the parliamentary elections, while 28 preferred a mixed system in varying proportions.
Mansour also promised to address special demands regarding the youth and certain vocational problems.
He ended the meeting by calling on the people to support the armed forces and the police in the future.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
