By: Nabila Essam

The High Committee is fully supervising the process..We look forward to leaders who can achieve the ambition of the Egyptian sports fans.

Dr. Ashraf Sobhy, Minister of Youth and Sports, revealed some issues about elections within sports bodies, whether federations or clubs, which are scheduled to take place during the next stage.

the minister of sports said that the elections are managed completely through the high judicial committee, which was formed during the last period headed by counselor abdo hassan attya, member of the supreme judicial council and president of the court of appeal, and a group of advisors, judges and specialists in order to work to ensure the progress of the electoral process and to fully supervise the process in addition to their responsibility for examining all the papers of applicants for the electoral process or examining the appeals to express an opinion thereon, as well as setting all the guarantees and requirements necessary to conduct the electoral process in an atmosphere of impartiality, integrity and objectivity and in the times specified by sports bodies law no. 71 of 2017.

Sobhy clarified that the ministry is in the same boat with all candidates in all sports federations or clubs and works only to provide full guarantees that ensure complete integrity and impartiality in order to properly succeed in that stage and produce the good elements to lead the sport in the next stage.

The minister also explained that the ministry did not interfere with any party in any way or favor one person over another, which is something we are not accustomed to, and our role is only to provide a good atmosphere and complete integrity in the electoral process.

The Minister of Sports indicated that the regulations and laws regulating the electoral process guarantee the complete impartiality of all candidates, and there are many steps that precede and follow the electoral process to ensure all rights, hoping that the elections will choose candidates who are capable of leading the sports federations and clubs in a way that preserves the great successes achieved by the Egyptian state in The sports side during the past days, thanks to the great and unlimited support from President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, President of Egypt who is always keen to follow all sports files accurately and always directs to provide all requirements for success, which appeared in Egypt’s hosting of all international sports events in the recent period because of the great confidence that Egypt gained from all sports federations.

He added that the ministry responded to the recommendations of the High Committee to make amendments to the regulations governing the electoral process in order to ensure the performance of its role in managing the electoral process and supervising all its stages in a manner that ensures its impartiality and integrity.

He stressed that within the framework of the committee’s role in supervising the work and procedures of the general assemblies in sports bodies, the goal was the accuracy and integrity of the procedures, overcoming and facilitating all obstacles. To achieve that, the committee is always ready to finish tasks assigned to it as soon as possible.