Panafrican News Agency

Arab League monitors Egyptian referendum on constitutional amendments

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The League of Arab States on Friday deployed a mission, from 13 Arab countries, to all regions of Egypt to supervise the referendum on constitutional amendments, recently adopted by the Egyptian Parliament.

Members of the Arab League mission will begin work on Saturday.

They will supervise the referendum from the opening to the closing of the poll as well as the counting and results publication, in order to assess the conformity of the operations with the decisions of the Egyptian election authority and the electoral law organising elections in the country.

The Arab League expressed its wish to see the referendum respect the international criteria recognized in a security and stability climate.

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