Egyptians are preparing to vote in presidential election, which begins Monday. President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is running for a second term. His only challenger is a former supporter called Moussa Mostafa Moussa. Authorities fear a repeat of the 2014 election, when less than half of the electorate turned out. Adel EL Mahrouky has more from Cairo.

The Egyptian armed forces releases a new video statement emphasizing the magnitude of its security preparations for the Presidential Election.

A militant group responded with a bomb on Saturday, targeting Alexandria's security management bureau. Two were killed in the attack. Earlier ISIL threatened to attack polling stations, aiming to frighten citizens away from the ballots.

IBRAHIM GAD POLITICAL ANALYST ROSA AL YOUSSEF "It's clear that ISIL is targeting the election. The Army's statement is a message to give comfort to the public. To gain the people's trust to turn out to vote. At the same time, the Army is defying these groups' threats."

There is no doubt that President EL Sisi will win. To his supporters high turnout is crucial, though.

MOHAMED RAMADAN GIZA RESIDENT "We must participate, the country is moving forward there is development. Our turnout will show the people's support to that road."

IBRAHIM GAD POLITICAL ANALYST, ROSA AL YOUSSEF "During all elections Egypt went through since 2011, there was strong political battle, between groups or strong candidates. This year it's only President EL Sisi and a negligent candidate Mousa Mostafa Mousa, who doesn't belong to a political ideology. So it'll be very difficult to convince people to go to vote. Yet the turnout is very important. We are not isolated from the world, high turnout. To gain legitimacy in the world eyes, there must be high turn out, so the elections would not be a point of criticism."

Women are expected to dominate the vote this year. Youth represent more than half of the population, their turnout however is expected to be weak.

IBRAHIM AHMED CAIRO RESIDENT "I will not participate, because there is not competition in first place. The president is running alone in the race. He's going to win any way, I won't free my time. The elections are not important this year. Most of my friends and other youth won't vote. To us watching a football match could be more important."

ADEL EL MAHROUKY CAIRO "To increase the turnout, the authorities have decided to hold the national vote for three days starting Monday. Egypt has around 60 Million registered voters this year. In 2014 President EL Sisi won with nearly 24 million votes. AMA CGTN Cario."