Cairo (ANTARA News/Reuters) - Nominations for Egypt`s presidential election will be accepted from March 10, officials said, signalling the military rulers have accelerated their plan for handing power to civilians.

Abdel Moez Ibrahim, a member of the supreme committee for presidential elections, told Al Ahram online the preparations would start once elections for the Shura council, or upper house of parliament, ended later this month.

He said the decision followed pressure from political groups to speed up the transfer of power to civilians. A second official confirmed the date. (*)

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