{"id":457718,"date":"2018-01-23T18:58:03","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T18:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/01\/23\/egypt-election-retired-general-and-candidate-sami-anan-arrested\/"},"modified":"2018-01-23T18:58:03","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T18:58:03","slug":"egypt-election-retired-general-and-candidate-sami-anan-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/01\/23\/egypt-election-retired-general-and-candidate-sami-anan-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt election: Retired general and candidate Sami Anan arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"bsac bsac-clearfix bsac-post-top bsac-float-center bsac-align-center bsac-column-1 bsac-hide-on-phone bsac-hide-on-tablet-portrait bsac-hide-on-tablet-landscape bsac-hide-on-desktop\">\n<div id=\"bsac-277964-1025478167\" class=\"bsac-container bsac-type-image  bsac-hide-on-desktop bsac-hide-on-tablet-portrait bsac-hide-on-tablet-landscape bsac-hide-on-phone\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WPAdBlock\" data-adid=\"277964\" data-type=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bsac-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/top-banner-web-renault.jpg\" alt=\"Renault\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Former chief of staff in the Egyptian army, Sami Anan, has been detained after announcing his intention to run for president.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Anan has been accused by the armed forces of violating Egypt\u2019s military code, running for the post without permission and forging documents.<\/p>\n<p>He was widely considered to be the last high-profile challenger to Egypt\u2019s President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi.<\/p>\n<p>Several others have already discounted their candidacy in the March election.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Anan, who served as the army\u2019s chief of staff from 2005-2012, announced his intention to stand against President Sisi on social media earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the Egyptian army broadcast a statement on state television accusing the former general of a \u201cserious breach of the laws of military service\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It said that Mr Anan was \u201cblatantly inciting\u201d against the Egyptian armed forces to try and \u201cdrive a wedge between the armed forces and the great Egyptian people\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Anan has reportedly been taken to the Military Prosecutor\u2019s office in Cairo.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the Reuters news agency, a spokesman for Mr Anan denied he had broken any laws, and blamed \u201cinaccurate reading of Anan\u2019s announcement\u201d for the arrest.<\/p>\n<p>News of Mr Anan\u2019s detention mean that President Sisi is now heading towards the forthcoming election with most other serious contenders already out of the running.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmed Shafik, the country\u2019s former prime minister, withdrew earlier this month amid speculation of foul play.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sisi has been in power since 2013, after leading a military coup that ousted former leader Mohammed Morsi from power, before winning by a landslide in the 2014 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>He announced his intention to run for a second four-year term in a televised news conference on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n<div class=\"bsac bsac-clearfix bsac-post-bottom bsac-float-center bsac-align-center bsac-column-1\">\n<div id=\"bsac-268363-1356314054\" class=\"bsac-container bsac-type-image \" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WPAdBlock\" data-adid=\"268363\" data-type=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bsac-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Telesol-new-ad.jpg\" alt=\"Homepage Header Ad\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); 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