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Vol.1 Issue 26, December 2020 ELITE

borders of Libya or advances in Libya, because the
The Senate elections were followed by the House of
security and stability of Libya is the security and
Representatives elections in 2020, which was
stability of Egypt ...
characterized by a large number of candidates. For
Accordingly, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi issued
this year, 4,006 candidates contest for 568 seats.
the Cairo Declaration on June 6, 2020, a declaration
25% of the seats will be appointed for women and
aimed at unifying Libya, preserving it from colonial
5% will be appointed by the President of the
interference, and avoiding the scheme to divide Libya
Republic, despite what the large number of
into three regions … Many countries supported this
Candidates might reflect, it was not an indication of
declaration, including Saudi Arabia, the Emirates,
an increase in democracy or anything like that, but
Cyprus and Greece, France, and former US President
unfortunately, among the candidates, there were
Donald Trump, and then Jordan and the European
many people who were not eligible to run for the
Union joined the supporters of the declaration and the
elections, in addition to the spread in some electoral
supporters of Egypt (it is in their interest that Turkey
districts the phenomenon of “vote buying ”....
doesn ’t penetrate the region or increase its influence
Thus, we can say that this year was not an easy or
in it anyway ...). And after the failure of these
simple year in many aspects for Egypt, especially as
negotiations, Egypt was left no choice but to
it coincided with a period in which the great
demolish this dam that threatens Egyptian national
countries of the world were almost collapsing. All
security. In fact, no one can blame Egypt it, whether
these rich political events as well as global political
by other countries or by the United Nations...
events that have no doubt had a direct or indirect
Conflicts between Egypt and Turkey increased after
impact on Egypt and its severity did not budge
the agreement between Egypt and Greece, which
Egypt's stability, and despite all these pressures, it
stipulates an the alliance between them that allows
managed to survive ...
Egypt to prospect within the area in which Turkey
intended to explore for oil, and thus this region
entered the Egyptian economic zone in return for
Egypt to secure it with Greece against Turkey (or
against the aggressors on this region in general ...)

and what followed of Egyptian manoeuvers near
Turkey to confirm its control over the region...
These conflicts are still continuing and nobody
knows, maybe these events will end or evolve in the
remainder of the year 2020 or in the following year....
And this was some of the political events on the
external and international levels for Egypt. On the
national level, two important events that Egypt
witnessed must be mentioned: the elections to the
House of Representatives and those to the Senate....
Egypt witnessed in 2020 the return of the Senate
(formerly the Shura Council) and its elections to
nominate candidates for 300 seats, 100 of whom were

chosen by the president, but many did not understand
the reason for the return of the Senate in these
circumstances and its importance in a period,
especially as it has the same powers as the former
Shura Council ….
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