Egypt MPs back constitution changes to extend Sissi rule until 2030

Members of Egypt’s parliament have approved changes to the constitution that will allow President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to stay in power until 2030, state media reports.

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi at the 55th Munich Security Conference in Munich, southern Germany, on February 16, 2019 (Sven Hoppe / DPA / AFP)

“The president’s current term shall expire at the end of six years from the date of his election as president in 2018,” says the official Al-Ahram news website and broadcaster Nile TV.

“He can be re-elected for another [six-year] term.”

— AFP

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