MP Bahaa Abu Shoka has been elected the new chairman of the liberal Al Wafd party, Ahram Online reports. The party is already laying the groundwork to field a candidate in the 2022 presidential elections, Abu Shoka said yesterday, Al Shorouk reports. The 80-year-old lawyer succeeds Sayed El Badawy, who had served as party chief for two consecutive terms since 2010.

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