A military court in Egypt’s capital Cairo has jailed an army colonel to six months in prison after he reportedly

The Associated Press reported one lawyer, Asaad Heikal to have said that the presidential hopeful, Colonel Ahmed Konsowa himself was present in the court when his sentence was announced.

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The 42-year-old military man’s conviction follows his announcement on December 2 that he would be running against incumbent President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi.

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Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi himself was an army general who became president in 2014, and there are indications that he would be contesting again, though he has not made any announcement to that effect.