He said on Thursday that the support of Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, Hamdeen Sabahi, Mohammed Salim Al-Awa, Abdullah al-Ashaal, and Khaled Ali is needed to “move towards stability, true freedoms, a new Egypt, and the realization of the goals of the nation and the revolution.”
“I’m certain that they support the path of the revolution and therefore I’m very keen on communicating, meetings, and dialogue [with them], and I am very keen that one of us gets elected,” he added.
Morsi will face Ahmed Shafiq, the last prime minister in the regime of former Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak, in the run-off, which is scheduled for June 16 and 17.
The presidential hopeful won more than 24 percent of the ballots in the two-day-long first round last week, and Shafiq came second with more than 23 percent.
Shafiq is facing the risk of being banned from the run-off.
In April, the Egyptian parliament passed the “Political Disenfranchisement Law,” which would bar Mubarak-era officials, including Shafiq, from holding political office. The law is being examined by the country’s Supreme Constitutional Court, with a verdict expected on June12.
If he is disqualified, Morsi will face Sabahi, who came third in the first round.
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