The electoral commission in Egypt confirmed on Tuesday ten candidates have been disqualify from the presidential race in the first post revolution vote.

The electoral commission in Egypt confirmed on Tuesday ten candidates have been disqualify from the presidential race in the first post revolution vote.

"The commission rejected all appeals presented by the 10" candidates among 23 who applied to stand in the election scheduled for next month, said the official MENA news agency.

The commission had held a day-long meeting to hear appeals from disqualified candidates, including former spy Chief Omar Suleiman, the Muslim Brotherhood's Khairat El-Shater and popular Salafist politician Hazem Abu Ismail.

Among the candidates still able to run are former Arab League chief Amr Mussa and Abdelmoneim Abul Futuh, a one-time member of the powerful Brotherhood.

The electoral commission said Saturday it had rejected the candidacy of the 10 due to irregularities in their applications.

Omar Suleiman was barred from the vote candidacy since he was a figure in Hosni Mubarak’s regime. Suleiman was known for his "good relation" with the Zionist entity.
Shater, who was in jail last year on charges of terrorism and money laundering, was barred because of a law stating candidates can only run in elections six years after being released or pardoned.

On the other hand, Abu Ismail is out of the race because his mother holds foreign nationality, violating election rules which state that all candidates, their parents and their wives must have only Egyptian citizenship.

The latest developments in the presidential campaign further complicate the transition to democracy especially after a Cairo court suspended the commission tasked with drafting a new constitution, which is dominated by the Brotherhood and the Salafi, amid a boycott by other political groups.