President Fattah al-Sisi Wednesday openly warned the opposition and vowed to deal with actions that may confront his rule as the country’s opposition figures call for boycott of coming March elections that Sisi is certain to win. Al-Sisi’s stern warning came a day after over 150 opposition figures and dissents called the nation to boycott March 26-28 presidential election in which Egyptians will choose between al-Sisi himself and a supporter-turned challenger. Sisi warned that he could ask Egyptians to give him a ‘mandate’ to deal with anyone who ‘wants to mess up with Egypt’. The army general in 2013 removed democratically elected President Mohamed Morsi. The movement has been banned and thousands of its members have been jailed or forced into exile.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 01, 2018 12:00 UTC