A report about the violations against journalists during the Council of Representatives (Parliament) Elections 2020
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In September 10, 2020, the National Electoral Commission issued decision No. 52 of 2020 inviting voters to the Council of Representatives elections as the elections would take place inside Egypt in two stages from October 24, 2020 to December 8, 2020. The first stage elections took place in Egypt in 14 governorates on a daily basis. October 24 and 25, 2020, and the run-off was on November 23 and 24, 2020, while the elections for the second stage were held in Egypt in 13 governorates on November 7 and 8, 2020, and the run-off was on December 7-8, 2020, and the final results of the two stages were announced on November 30 and December 14, 2020 respectively.
In this kind of electoral benefits, mass communications work to cover the elections and transmit news and data related to the elections to the public, work on political awareness of the public, and urge them to actively participate in the electoral process on one hand. On the other hand, debates related to the electoral programs and goals of each candidate and political faction, in parallel with its role as a popular watchdog over the integrity and impartiality of the election process, which strengthens the media’s roles in building a fair democratic society based on participation and the peaceful transfer of power.
