Does the country publish candidate/party financing reports online?
Egypt
Answer
No
Source
The election law does not stipulate any obligation on the election commission to publicly announce the candidate?s financial disclosures.
Article 10 stipulates that:
?With regard to the individual seat system constituencies, the application for candidacy for membership of the House of Representatives shall be submitted by the applicant in writing to the Election Committee of the governorate where he/she choose to run, within the period set by the High Elections Committee...
The application for candidacy shall be accompanied by the following documents:
1. A statement of the curriculum vitae of the applicant, specifically his/her scholarly and professional expertise.
2. The applicant's Certificate of Criminal Record.
3. A statement of whether the applicant is independent or partisan, and, in the latter case, the name of the party to which he/she belongs.
4. Income and Asset Declarations of the Applicant, his/her spouse and minor children.
5. The applicant's certificate's of education.
6. A certificate of performance of military service, or proof of exemption therefrom in accordance with the law.
7. A receipt for the amount of 3000 EGP, deposited with the treasury of the competent Court of First Instance as security deposit.
Other documents as may be specified by the High Elections Committee for the validation of the fulfillment of the legal requirements for candidacy.
The Committee shall regulate the manner in which the data required to guarantee the right to knowledge is to be published.
The provisions of the former clauses shall apply to list candidates, where the representative of
the list undertakes the completion of their candidacy formalities through an application to be
submitted using the template designed by the High Elections Committee, accompanied by the
documents to be specified by the Committee for evidencing the designation of each candidate in
the list, and a receipt for the amount of 6000 EGP as security deposit for lists of 15 seats, and
triple that amount for lists of 45 seats.
All papers and documents presented shall be considered official documents for the purposes of
the provisions of the Penal Code.
Source: Decree-Law of the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt No. 46/2014 on promulgating the Law on the House of Representatives
Web link: https://www.elections.eg/images/pdfs/laws/HouseOfRepresentatives2014-46_en.pdf
Article 10 stipulates that:
?With regard to the individual seat system constituencies, the application for candidacy for membership of the House of Representatives shall be submitted by the applicant in writing to the Election Committee of the governorate where he/she choose to run, within the period set by the High Elections Committee...
The application for candidacy shall be accompanied by the following documents:
1. A statement of the curriculum vitae of the applicant, specifically his/her scholarly and professional expertise.
2. The applicant's Certificate of Criminal Record.
3. A statement of whether the applicant is independent or partisan, and, in the latter case, the name of the party to which he/she belongs.
4. Income and Asset Declarations of the Applicant, his/her spouse and minor children.
5. The applicant's certificate's of education.
6. A certificate of performance of military service, or proof of exemption therefrom in accordance with the law.
7. A receipt for the amount of 3000 EGP, deposited with the treasury of the competent Court of First Instance as security deposit.
Other documents as may be specified by the High Elections Committee for the validation of the fulfillment of the legal requirements for candidacy.
The Committee shall regulate the manner in which the data required to guarantee the right to knowledge is to be published.
The provisions of the former clauses shall apply to list candidates, where the representative of
the list undertakes the completion of their candidacy formalities through an application to be
submitted using the template designed by the High Elections Committee, accompanied by the
documents to be specified by the Committee for evidencing the designation of each candidate in
the list, and a receipt for the amount of 6000 EGP as security deposit for lists of 15 seats, and
triple that amount for lists of 45 seats.
All papers and documents presented shall be considered official documents for the purposes of
the provisions of the Penal Code.
Source: Decree-Law of the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt No. 46/2014 on promulgating the Law on the House of Representatives
Web link: https://www.elections.eg/images/pdfs/laws/HouseOfRepresentatives2014-46_en.pdf
