Former Egyptian premier Shafiq says intends to run in 2018 election

Ahmed Shafiq, the last prime minister under the president Mubarak, a former air force commander and a 2012 presidential candidate, announced in a video declaration sent to Reuters that he will run in the next Egyptian presidential election planned for April. Shafiq placed second in the first presidential elections  after the deposition of Hosni Mubarak, in a runoff against Mohamed Mursi , who issued an arrest warrant against him. The former prime minister went to United Arab Emirates and formed a political party, leading it from abroad. In a statement from the UAE he declared: “I‘m honored to announce my will to run in the upcoming presidential elections in Egypt as a choice to be president of the country for the next four years”. In the video he also called for real democracy and  “normal” human rights in his country.