Cairo, Feb 3, 2019 – Egyptian lawmakers on Sunday tabled proposed constitutional changes that would allow President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to extend his rule beyond 2022, legislators said. They would include “the establishment of a second chamber of parliament…and the creation of the post of vice president to assist the president in his duties,” said the statement. That chamber was removed in the 2012 constitution, a year after the uprising that toppled long-time president Hosni Mubarak. Sisi was elected for the first time in 2014, after ousting his predecessor, the Islamist Mohamed Morsi. The vast majority of the current parliament supports the Sisi government, with only around 10 lawmakers making up the opposition.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 03, 2019 22:30 UTC