CAIRO — In early November, the “Together with you for the sake of Egypt” campaign — which launched Oct. 10 — inaugurated its offices in Giza and Alexandria with the goal of publicizing the advantages of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's rule. Mohammed Arabi, a founder of the campaign, told the press that once the campaign’s legal documents are ready, offices in other governorates also will be opened, to shed light on national projects introduced under Sisi's rule.

Members of parliament of the Support Egypt bloc, Free Egyptian Party and the Nation’s Future Party took part in the “To build it” social media campaign, designed to collect signatures promoting Sisi’s candidacy in the 2018 presidential election, which can be held in May at the latest.

In addition, a series of measures are being taken by parliamentarians to postpone the discussion or approval of draft laws that would have a negative impact on Sisi's candidacy, at both popular and economic levels. Most recently among these measures is the decision to put off the discussion of the rent draft law, parliament member Moataz Mahmoud, who proposed the bill, told Al-Monitor.

The rent draft law aims to liberalize the relationship between the apartments’ owners and the roughly 3 million tenants who benefit from rent control, provided that the rental prices are in line with the prevailing current market price.