Tantawi has support to run for president

Supporters of Egypt's ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) head Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi reportedly want him to run for president. The campaign corrdinator of Egypt Above All, a pro-Tantawi group, Mahmoud Atteya said Monday that the campaign managed to collect 70,000 signatures from 14 different governorates nominating Tantawi to run in the presidential election. “We asked to meet the field marshal and show him the signatures before we intensify our campaign,” Atteya said in a press release. “We need a military figure to lead the country. In case he declines our request, we will ask him to recommend another military personality,” he said. Atteya said that the campaign attracted a large number of supporters. The campaign also opened offices at certain governorates, Atteya said. Egypt Above All launched a campaign in late October supporting Tantawi for president, and posters of the SCAF head appeared in Cairo and Alexandria.