In January – April 2018, LDI ran a nationwide campaign to monitor the freedom and fairness of presidential elections. LDI produced a detailed report documenting the electoral process and provided a scientific evaluation of the political and legislative context of the elections to measure the progress of democratic transformation in Egypt.
In late 2015, LDI ran a nationwide campaign to monitor the freedom and fairness of parliamentary elections. As a result, LDI produced six assessment reports that provided a scientific evaluation of the electoral process from the first day of calling for candidates till the last day of announcing ballot results.
Between 4-10 November 2016, LDI team conducted an opinion poll on the priorities of Egyptians’ needs following the radical economic reform decisions taken by the Central Bank on the morning of November 3rd, which included currency floating, and lifting partial subsidies on some petroleum products and other energy resources. The survey aims to measure the degree of citizens’ satisfaction with these decisions and their expected impact on their daily lives. The survey also measures the degree of Egyptian citizens’ willingness and readiness to cooperate with the government on facing these challenges.
LDI conducted a nationwide survey, on November 15th to December 16th, 2016, on a random sample of five thousand citizens from all over Egypt, to scientifically measure Egyptians’ stance towards the calls of political reconciliation with the Muslim Brotherhood.
Follow-up and assessment report on Egypt’s progress on human rights thematic categories related to liberal democratization and fighting terrorism based on UPR mechanism at the United Nation’s Council of Human Rights. This report provides an assessment to the progress achieved by the Egyptian state on the 2nd Cycle Recommendations, with special focus on issues related to liberal democratization, religious tolerance, and fighting violent extremism.
In September – December 2020, LDI team monitored Egypt’s House of Representative Elections and produced an assessment report on the progress of liberal democratization process in Egypt, through evaluating the freedom and fairness of the electoral process within the general political and legislative context of Egypt.
In July – September 2020, LDI monitored Egypt’s Senate Elections and produced an assessment report on the progress of liberal democratization process in Egypt, through evaluating the freedom and fairness of the electoral process within the general political and legislative context of Egypt.
In February – April 2019, LDI ran a nationwide campaign to monitor the process of amending some articles of the constitution. This included monitoring the process of writing and passing the constitutional amendments at the Legislative Committee of the Parliament, as well as observing the referendum wherein Egyptians voted with more than 88% on passing the proposed amendments.
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