Party payments squeeze out Egypt's youth candidates
Political parties are demanding payments of up to $28,000 for candidates to be included in their electoral lists.
CAIRO — Egypt’s youth, particularly the revolutionary youth, are unable to independently finance their campaigns in the parliamentary elections scheduled by the end of this year. Many were shocked to find out that political parties in alliances led by Amr Moussa have linked inclusion in their lists to a payment of up to 200,000 Egyptian pounds (about $28,000) to limit the conflict between the electoral lists of the new Egyptian parliament and those of businessmen and capitalists, many of whom were associated with the Hosni Mubarak regime.
A number of revolutionary youth have decided against running in the parliamentary elections in the absence of a sponsor for their campaigns.
