In light of the above, the National Institution for Human Rights recommends the following:
1.
Classify the referendum and elections crimes mentioned in Article (30) of Decree-Law No. (14)
of 2002 on the Exercise of Political Rights, as amended, as urgent; and establish a competent and
temporary court to consider and adjudicate these crimes.
2.
Issue a new law on organizing media and electoral propaganda for the elections of the members
of the House of Representatives and the municipal councils, to include all the issues related to
the organization of such propaganda, allocated funds, means of exercising it, and the related
prohibitions. In addition, the new law must include deterrent penalties that prevent the violation
of its provisions. The said law must also provide for provisions that regulate the issue of funds and
campaign spending, in particular, provisions setting maximum limits to spending and financial
expenditures on electoral campaigns.
3.
Make available ballot papers in Braille for the blind to enable them to participate actively in the
electoral process.
4.
Amend the provisions of Articles (60) and (69) of Law No. (37) of 2012 on the Child Law, to the
criminalize the use of children in the elections, and to propose appropriate and deterrent penalties
for such dangerous criminal acts, focusing on the best interest of the child.
5.
Amend the provisions of Decree-Law No. (14) of 2002 on the Exercise of Political Rights and its
amendments, so as to allow the candidate to choose more than one agent to follow up on the
electoral process, provided the number of agents does not exceed the maximum number of the
public electoral centers.
6.
Pay more attention to increase the awareness of voters on the need to ensure that their names are
on the voters’ lists during the period prescribed by the law, thus avoiding being prevented from
casting their votes on polling day, through all forms of media and social media, well before the due
date set by the law.
7.
Pay more attention to increasing the awareness of the individuals, whose names are not registered
on the voters’ lists, on the need to head to the supervisory centers of their governorate on polling day,
using all the forms of media and social media. Such individuals were not aware of this procedure
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