STORY: Egypt's Sisi announces running for upcoming presidential elections
DATELINE: Oct. 3, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:17
LOCATION: Cairo
CATEGORY: POLITICS

SHOTLIST:
1. various of Egyptian President Sisi announcing his candidacy (courtesy of Egyptian presidency)
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): ABDEL-FATTAH AL-SISI, Egyptian President
3. various of Egyptian President Sisi announcing his candidacy (courtesy of Egyptian presidency)

STORYLINE:

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi announced on Monday that he will run for the upcoming presidential election slated for December this year.

Sisi made the remarks while speaking at the three-day Story of the Homeland conference that ends on Monday in Egypt's New Administrative Capital.

SOUNDBITE (Arabic): ABDEL-FATTAH AL-SISI, Egyptian President
"Just as I responded to the call of the Egyptians before, today I respond to their call once again, and I announce that I'm determined to nominate myself for a new presidential term. I call on Egyptians to participate in the elections to choose the country's president."

The election will take place in Egypt on Dec. 10-12, while Egyptians living abroad will cast their votes on Dec. 1-3.

Sisi won his first presidential elections in 2014 and was re-elected in 2018. In 2019, constitutional amendments stretched the presidential term to six years from four and exceptionally allowed Sisi to run for a third term.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Cairo.
(XHTV)