With just one candidate for March election, Egypt continues descent into authoritarianism

2013 shows a protester waving the Egyptian and Rab'aa Al Adawiya flags during clashes between police and anti-military protesters in Cairo Egypt

2013 shows a protester waving the Egyptian and Rab'aa Al Adawiya flags during clashes between police and anti-military protesters in Cairo Egypt

In a statement, they also called on Egyptians not to recognize the presidential vote's outcome if it goes ahead.

Several leading opposition figures called on Sunday for a boycott of Egypt's March election, citing a wave of repression that has cleared the field of challengers to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

All potentially serious challengers to him have been arrested, forced out or quit the race. It is also likely to encourage more expressions of discontent over what critics see as the president's increasingly authoritarian traits.

Pro-government media has linked Genena to the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist group that was outlawed and declared a terrorist organization shortly after el-Sissi led the military's 2013 ouster of Mohammed Morsi, Egypt's first freely elected leader.

The electoral commission has said that it will ensure the vote is fair and transparent.

Signatories included Abdel Moneim Abol Foutoh, an Islamist who garnered almost a fifth of first round votes in a 2012 presidential race; Hesham Genena, a prominent former anti-corruption watchdog chief; and Mohamed Anwar Sadat, who halted his own presidential bid this month out of concern for the safety of his campaigners.

Egyptian authorities arrested Anan last week over charges of breaking military codes by running for a political post without obtaining the necessary permissions, incitement against the army, and forgery of election documents.

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The fifth signatory was Essam Heggy, a NASA space scientist who worked as an adviser to former interim president Adly Mansour.

Genena, accompanied by his house's guard called "Ramadan Ibrahim", had just left his home in the Fifth Settlement outside Cairo where he hit with his vehicle a man called "Al-Sayyid Mahmoud Khalaf" while he was crossing the street. They said three men armed with knives tried to force him into one of their two cars when passers-by rushed to his rescue.

Both lawyers said they suspected the attackers to be repeat criminals retained by the police as thugs, something that rights activists in Egypt claim to be a common practice. A brawl then ensued between Genena and the victim's friends, who allege in a complaint that the 63-year-old former judge, his wife and daughter assaulted them.

A string of candidates have withdrawn from the election on concerns over intimidation and the arrest of Sisi's leading challenger, leaving the former general the sole contender only a day before the January 29 nomination deadline.

In 2015, Genena said corruption was costing the country billions of dollars.

El-Sissi dismissed Genena in March 2016, following an investigation that hurriedly concluded the auditor had misled the public on the issue of corruption.

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