Presidential candidate Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awwā said he would accept to have a young man, a Copt or a woman to be his vice president, adding it is impossible for the coming president to provide housing units for all Egyptian youths.

He called on the Muslim Brotherhood, Salafists, al-Jamā’ah al-Islāmīyah (Islamic Group) and Christian movements working on public activities to readjust their status in accordance with the law on non-governmental organizations. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Akhbār, April 26, p. 6] Read text in Arabic