Egypt will hold presidential election before parliamentary poll this year, interim President Adly Mansour announced on Sunday, changing a political “roadmap” that could pave the way for the swift election of powerful Army chief Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
“I have carried out several dialogues with political groups, which saw a majority in favour of holding presidential elections first,” Mansour said in a televised address. “And I have amended the roadmap to meet their demands.” The political roadmap, laid down after the army ousted Islamist President Mohamed Morsi in July last year, called for parliamentary elections first.