Statement No. (4) (4:30 Pm) The Egyptian Coalition praises the efforts of the National Elections Authority in enabling people with disabilities to participate and calls for concerted efforts between the Authority and the National Council for People with Disabilities

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The Egyptian Coalition for Human Rights and Development praised the clear effort by the National Elections Authority in allocating committees for people with disabilities by providing logistical tools such as ambulances, wheelchairs, and other tools to facilitate the participation of people with disabilities. However, the Coalition’s followers in Qena and Sohag governorates monitored the following:

1. The lack of trained people to deal with people with disabilities. As the National Council for the Rights of People with Disabilities did not contribute to providing people with mild disabilities according to the official letter sent to the governors and all directorates to facilitate the electoral process for people with disabilities.
2. Some of the wheelchairs inside the electoral commissions are old. So, it is difficult to move the wheelchair for people with heavy weights.
3. The presence of only one indicative poster outside some committees for sign language for people with hearing disabilities and the absence of an indicative poster inside the committee.