CAIRO: A number of military aircrafts will transfer more than 1,100 Egyptian judges to polling stations located in remote areas, Youm7 reported Saturday.
The decision was issued Saturday by the Defense Minister Sedky Sobhy to lift judges who are assigned to monitor parliament elections, set to begin Sunday in Egypt.
The areas to which the judges will be transferred via air are located in eight governorates; Wadi el-Gadid, Sohag, Luxor, Red Sea, Aswan, Qena, Marsa Matrouh and Asyut.
The decision was made to “facilitate judges’ mission,” and to guarantee polling process begins on time.
The first phase of the parliamentary elections, which are the last step in the 2013 Egypt’s future road map, began abroad Saturday. It is scheduled to kick off in Egypt Sunday, where some 27 million Egyptians are eligible to cast their votes.
A total of 16,000 judges will be observing the elections, according to the High Elections Committee (HEC.)
The Ministry of Defense posted a Friday video of its preparations to secure the first phase of the parliamentary elections with 185,000 soldiers protecting over 18,000 polling stations in Egypt.
Around 56 abandoned cars around polling stations and pavilions of parliamentary candidates have been removed in Giza to ensure security.
Ninety ambulances have been allocated to be deployed across the governorate, as well as power generators to be supplied to polling stations in case of a power cut, Giza Governor Khaled al-Adly said in a Friday statement.