埃及国家媒体表示，政治的军方委员会决定修改一项有争议的选举法的部分内容。本周早些时候，一个政党联盟威胁要抵制即将到来的选举，除非法律得到修改。Bethony Bell在开罗为您报道。

Many political parties in Egypt including the powerful Muslim Brotherhood object to an article in the election law which they fear could allow supporters of the former president Hosni Mubarak to return to power. Now state media say the military council has agreed to amend that article. But no details have been given about the changes. The council which is under pressure to deliver a fast democratic reforms also said it would study the status of Egypt's emergency law.

在埃及，包括强大的伊斯兰组织穆斯林兄弟会在内的许多政党都对选举法的一项条款表示反对，因为他们担心该条款会使前总统穆巴拉克的支持者有机会重新夺权。目前，国家媒体表示，军方委员会已同意修改该条款。然而，并没有透露具体细节。该委员会正面临要求快速进行民主改革的压力，委员会表示，它将研究埃及的应急法。

Campaigning has begun in Tunisia for the first election since revolutions in January which inspired the Arab Spring, a wave of uprisings that swept north Africa and the middle east. Eighty-one political parties are vying for places on a national assembly that will draft a new constitution.