The upcoming 2024 presidential election got top billing on last night’s talk shows, as the talking heads sought to clarify when the process will kick off.

The 2024 presidential election process should kick off by 1 December, 2023 at the latest, National Dialogue Technical Secretariat head Mahmoud Fawzi told Kelma Akhira’s Lamees Hadidi (watch, runtime: 10:34). Fawzi’s comments came to clarify rumors that the election would happen “early.” He explained that the constitution requires that the election take place at least 120 days before the end of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s current six-year term on 2 April, 2024. There was more coverage from Ahmed Moussa on Ala Mas’ouleety (watch, runtime: 6:20 | 15:30), Lubna Assal on Al Hayah Al Youm (watch, runtime: 4:57 | 7:27) and Amr Adeeb on El Hekaya (watch, runtime: 4:02), where Diaa Rashwan, the general coordinator of the National Dialogue, confirmed the news.

AND- The diving boat that caught fire off of Marsa Alam and the three British tourists who are still missing got coverage across the board (watch, runtime: 4:43 | 13:43 | 5:54 | 9:35). We have the full story in our Egypt in the News section, below.

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