Wafd Party elects new Supreme Body in Cairo

Egypt's Wafd Party held elections Friday for 50 Supreme Body seats and five general secretariat posts at its Dokki headquarters in Cairo.

• The vote, supervised by 30 judges from the Administrative Prosecution Authority, also covered proposed amendments to the party's internal regulations.
• Delegations from Minya governorate traveled to Cairo to cast ballots at the party's main headquarters.
• MP and candidate Ayman Mahsab said the elections were conducted entirely by direct vote without appointments and drew the largest number of candidates in party history.
• Party assistant Magdy Malak said he hopes Wafd will lead Egypt's centrist opposition.