Polling centers open in Egypt’s presidential elections

By The Associated Press

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptians have resumed voting in a presidential election in which President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi faces no serious challenger and is certain to win another term. That will keep him in power until 2030. Polling centers are open Monday, the second day of the three-day vote. A runoff is scheduled for Jan. 8-10 if no candidate secures more than 50% of the vote. El-Sissi faces three candidates — the head of the opposition Social Democratic Party, the chairman of the Wafd Party and the head of the Republican People’s Party. The election has been overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, and comes amid a staggering economic crisis in Egypt, a country of 105 million people.