General Aziz announced his candidacy in an interview with the al-Arabiya television network, saying he will step down in three weeks and allow the President of the Senate to run the country during his campaign for the presidency.
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Today's 32-minute, 4, 630-step run is a good start.
The job shuffle was prompted by a legal requirement that ministers who want to run for Congress must step down six months before the election, due on October 4th.