Source: Madamasr
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Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2019/02/03/feature/politics/constitutional-amendments-submitted-to-parliament-could-allow-sisi-to-stay-in-power-until-2034/
A proposal to amend a host of constitutional articles — including presidential term limits — has been submitted to Parliament, Ali Abdel Aal, the legislature’s speaker, announced on Sunday during a general assembly meeting.
The proposal was submitted by head of the state-allied Alliance to Support Egypt coalition MP Abdel Hady al-Qasabi and signed by one fifth of members of the House of Representatives.
In discussing the proposal ahead of Sunday’s session, Qasabi told parliamentary journalists that the amendments would extend the presidential term from four to six years, and, if passed, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi would be able to run for two further terms under the new term limits.
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