Mubarak to seek sixth term

Cairo, 22 Oct-(ANA)-Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will stand for re-election next year despite rumours about his health, a senior ruling party official has said.

"The National Democratic Party (NDP) candidate will be President Hosni Mubarak," the party's media chief Ali Eddin Hilal told Alhurra TV channel.

Mr Mubarak has been in power since 1981. He will be 83 years old when the election is held next October.

Speculation is rife that his son Gamal is being groomed to succeed him.

But Mr Mubarak has not publicly commented on his own intentions or his son's possible candidacy. (ANA)

FA/ANA/22 October 2010-----------