CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will be sworn in for his second term on Saturday during a special parliament session, state-media reported. Sisi’s second term in office was sealed when he won 97 percent of valid votes in a presidential election in March. The current parliament was elected in 2015, a year after Sisi was elected for his first term. Sisi, a former army chief, ousted his Islamist predecessor Mohamed Morsi in 2013 amid mass protests against him. Morsi was Egypt’s first democratically elected president, and the first leader not from military ranks, but his year in office was divisive and sparked massive protests demanding his resignation.

Source: New Strait Times May 29, 2018 12:00 UTC