28 November 2023

Today, the Al-Matarya Misdemeanor Court decided to postpone the trial of Ahmed Mohamed Ramadan El-Tantawy, his presidential campaign manager, Mohamed Mousa Abu El-Diyar, and twenty-one members of the presidential campaign until the January 9 session to review the case papers, pending Case No. 16336 of 2023 Matarya Misdemeanors, Publically known as “ Al-Tantawy’s public Endorsements.”, after the defense lawyer confirmed their request to be able to obtain an official copy of the case file, which amounts to 2,000 papers, and the difficulty of allowing lawyers to view the documents without getting an official copy of the case file, and their affirmation of the right of the defendant’s defense to obtain a copy of the case papers.

The court has charged El-Tantawy and his campaign manager with Participating through incitement, agreement, and supplying the twenty-one other defendants with one of the electoral process papers (Form No. 4) and printing and circulating it without the permission of the competent authority, as well as charging the rest of the defendants with printing and circulating an electoral process paper (Form No. 4) without a license.

The 21 defendants, whose names are as follows, were already referred to the prosecution after arresting them last October on the grounds of participating with a terrorist group and circulating electoral papers.

The Defendants are:

1. Ibrahim Nabeeh Ibrahim Elsaka.
2. Mohamad Kamal Ezzat Mostafa.
3. Mohamad Ismaeel Ahmad Fathalla.
4. Alaa Mahmoud Hassan Mohamad.
5. Ali Hussein Ali Roushdy.
6. Mahmoud Elsayed Mostafa Elreefy.
7. Roqayya Taha Ahmed Mostafa.
8. Ahmad Mohamad Abdelaal.
9. Abdulrahman Khalaf Shehata Shehata.
10. Ali Saad Abdo.
11. Ahmad Elsayed Mohamad Ahmad.
12. Hamdy Yasser Mohamad.
13. Hagar Haggag Dessouky ali.
14. Ahmad Moustafa Abdelsalam.
15. Mohamad Mohamad Hasan El-Shatoury.
16.  Ahmad Mohamad Hasan Mady.
17. Seyed Mohamad Hasan Abdallah Elshreey.
18. Osama Fawzy Abdelqader Abdelbaqy.
19. Mahmoud Abdelaleem Abdelsattar.
20. Abdallah Abdelaal Ismaeel Mohamad.
21. Shaimaa Maher.

07 November 2023: Ahmed Al-Tantawy and 22 members of his presidential campaign are to be committed to criminal trial in the “Public Endorsements” case

Al-Matarya Misdemeanor Court has decided today to commit Ahmed Mohamed Ramadan El-Tantawy, his presidential campaign manager, and 21 of the campaign members to criminal trial pending case No. 16336 of 2023 Matarya Misdemeanors, Publically known as “ Al-Tantawy’s public Endorsements.”

The court has charged El-Tantawy and his campaign manager with Participating through incitement, agreement, and supplying the twenty-one other defendants with one of the electoral process papers (Form No. 4) and printing and circulating it without the permission of the competent authority, as well as charging the rest of the defendants with printing and circulating an electoral process paper (Form No. 4) without a license.

The 21 defendants, whose names are as follows, were already referred to the prosecution after arresting them last October on the grounds of participating with a terrorist group and circulating electoral papers.

The Defendants are:

1. Ibrahim Nabeeh Ibrahim Elsaka.
2. Mohamad Kamal Ezzat Mostafa.
3. Mohamad Ismaeel Ahmad Fathalla.
4. Alaa Mahmoud Hassan Mohamad.
5. Ali Hussein Ali Roushdy.
6. Mahmoud Elsayed Mostafa Elreefy.
7. Roqayya Taha Ahmed Mostafa.
8. Ahmad Mohamad Abdelaal.
9. Abdulrahman Khalaf Shehata Shehata.
10. Ali Saad Abdo.
11. Ahmad Elsayed Mohamad Ahmad.
12. Hamdy Yasser Mohamad.
13. Hagar Haggag Dessouky ali.
14. Ahmad Moustafa Abdelsalam.
15. Mohamad Mohamad Hasan El-Shatoury.
16.  Ahmad Mohamad Hasan Mady.
17. Seyed Mohamad Hasan Abdallah Elshreey.
18. Osama Fawzy Abdelqader Abdelbaqy.
19. Mahmoud Abdelaleem Abdelsattar.
20. Abdallah Abdelaal Ismaeel Mohamad.
21. Shaimaa Maher.

It is worth mentioning that the ex-candidate Ahmed El-Tanatawy has invited his supporters and those who are willing to issue endorsements and were prevented from doing so to issue an electronic copy in what he called “Public Endorsements” as a result of public notary employees’ intransigence against citizens by preventing them from issuing endorsements and invoking system breakdowns, as well as many reports of citizens’  battery and assault.