Tamarod to field 120 candidates in parliamentary polls

Spokesperson for Tamarod Hassan Shaheen said the movement intends to field 120 candidates in the coming parliamentary elections.The movement has started its first field tours in Aswan, he added.Shaheen told Al-Masry Al-Youm that the movement held a session with legal experts and public figures to agree on a new electoral system that
combines the single winner and list-based systems. The system will then be proposed to political powers to end the current split over which electoral system is best.Azzazi Ali Azzazi, a leader from the Popular Current, said members and leaders from the current will meet with Tamarod members over the coming week to forge an alliance in the coming parliamentary polls.In statements to Al-Masry Al-Youm, Azzazi added that the meeting will also tackle the organisational framework that will govern their alliance in the election, including the number of candidates from each side and the organisational capacities available to launch promotional campaigns.Meanwhile, Mahmoud Badr, a member of the 50-member constitution amendment committee and a former Tamarod leader, stresses the movements will be coordinated as not to step on each others toes. The movement will not run any of its candidates against another who is considered part of the same ideology that supported the 25 January and the 30 June revolutions. Thus, Tamarods coordination with other revolutionary powers should prevent asplintering of votes from the revolutionary constituency, he added.In statements to Al-Masry Al-Youm, Badr added that after the constitution has been drafted, all revolutionary powers should work together to form a majority in parliament to make legislation that achieve the demands of the revolution and genuinely serve the interests of the people.Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm