It cited a decree issued by Sisi stating that the renewed three-month state of emergency would take effect from 1:00 am on Saturday (2300 GMT Friday). Under Egypt’s constitution, the three-month state of emergency can only be renewed once, but the president can subsequently reinstate it. The curfew would stay in effect for as long as the three-month state of emergency, according to the decree. Egypt had been ruled for decades under a state of emergency, which was cancelled a month before Islamist president Mohamed Morsi took power in 2012. Following Morsi’s overthrow by Sisi in 2013, when the president was army chief, a state of emergency was declared for a month.

Source: Punch April 14, 2018 07:18 UTC