“The electoral battle was tough, but you managed to win it, “Abdel Aal said in a plenary session held today.
Egypt’s parliament holds a one-day meeting on Sunday to discuss and vote a decree issued by President Abdel-Fatah El-Sisi on extending the country’s state of emergency for three more months, starting at one a.m. on Monday 26 October.
The first stage of the parliamentary elections took place across Egypt on October 24 and 25, amid tightened coronavirus precautionary measures.
Egyptians abroad cast their ballots online on October 21 to 23.
The governorates included in the first stage of the parliamentary election were Giza, Fayyoum, Beni Suef, Minya, Assiut, New Valley, Sohag, Qena, Luxor, Aswan, the Red Sea, Alexandria, Beheira, and Matrouh.