Egypt's parliament on Tuesday approved amendments to the constitution that ...
CAIRO - Egypt’s parliament on Tuesday approved amendments to the constitution that could keep President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in power until 2030, though they still have to be endorsed in a referendum to take effect.
The 596-member parliament, which is dominated by Sisi supporters, voted 531 to 22 in favour of the amendments. “This will result in the most centralized system for rule that Egypt has seen in almost half a century,” said Nathan Brown, professor of political science at George Washington University.Another critic, Michele Dunne, director and senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Middle East Program, said the amendments were intended to remove the possibility of political competition for Sisi.
In a report about the draft amendments, the parliament’s legislative committee said a four-year term was not enough in Egypt, which is still recovering from the turmoil that followed a 2011 uprising.
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