Egyptian Islamic-oriented Labor Party Secretary-General Magdy Ahmed Hussein announced Monday that he decided to run for Egypt's next president.
At a press conference, Hussein said he decided to run for the presidential polls due to unconvincing presidential candidates who have been announced so far.
"We're at a critical time... We're facing a duty of taking Egypt out of disastrous state caused by (former president) Hosni Mubarak to its normal status as an honorable nation among other nations," he said.
Hussein is a journalist who has been jailed several times by the former regime for publishing and political issues.
The views of Egypt's Labor Party are close to those of liberalism in terms of freedom and to those of socialism in terms of social justice.
Egypt's military authorities announced on Monday that the parliamentary elections will be held in September and that no date has been set for the presidential polls.