Egyptian steel tycoon Ahmed Ezz applied for running in the upcoming parliamentary elections on Thursday.
"Ezz's registration was accepted and his papers will be reviewed to decide upon whether he can run for the elections or not," the deputy-head of the Supreme Elections Committee said.
This is the second time he applies after he was excluded in February for not fulfilling the required conditions to run in the elections which include submitting “the statement of financial disclosure” of his wife and having a bank account under his name during the time of application.
The Supreme Administrative Court rejected on Tuesday Ezz’s appeal on the court’s verdict preventing him from running in the upcoming parliamentary elections. The verdict is supposed to be final.
Ezz was a senior member of the ruling political party during President Hosni Mubarak's 30-years rule. He was implicated in different corruption charges after Mubarak's ouster in 2011 and was handed several prison sentences which were all overturned by Egypt’s Court of Cassation.
Egypt will run its parliamentary elections on October 18 over two phases. The elections will end on November 23.
Egypt's last elected parliament was in June 2012, however it was discredited due to a high court order annulling the law its election was based on.
