The European Union said Monday it will observe next week's presidential election in Egypt after authorities allowed in communications equipment, two days after an**uncing the mission had been scrapped. "The European Union observer mission is able to continue (its mission). However, it will have to make adjustments," Mario David, the head of the EU observer mission, told reporters in Cairo. David said he had already met the two candidates -- frontrunner Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who led the ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi last year, and leftist leader Hamdeen Sabbahi.
05-20-2014, 01:00 AM
EU says observers will monitor Egypt poll after all
The European Union said Monday it will observe next week's presidential election in Egypt after authorities allowed in communications equipment, two days after an**uncing the mission had been scrapped. "The European Union observer mission is able to continue (its mission). However, it will have to make adjustments," Mario David, the head of the EU observer mission, told reporters in Cairo. David said he had already met the two candidates -- frontrunner Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who led the ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi last year, and leftist leader Hamdeen Sabbahi.
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