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Mortada Mansour withdraws from presidential race, backs Sisi
Egyptian presidential candidate hopeful and lawyer Mortada Mansour, a former member of parliament, speaks to the media after registering his name for the presidential election which will be held on May 23 and 24, in Cairo March 11, 2012. REUTERS/Esam Al-Fetori
CAIRO, April 19 (Aswat Masriya) Mortada Mansour, Chairman of Zamalek club, withdrew from Egypt's presidential race on Saturday and announced his support for former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
Mansour said in a press conference that his withdrawal is not related to his inability to collect the required endorsements.
According to Egypt's constitution, in order for a candidate to officially run for presidency he is required to collect at least 25,000 recommendations from supporters.
Beside Sisi, only leftist political Hamdeen Sabahi has collected and submitted the required endorsements.
