Egypt’s Parliament is conducting final preparations for the inauguration of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as president of Egypt for a second term, after he won the election held on March by 97%. Sisi will officially begin his second term as president next Saturday according to Al-Ahram newspaper, following a constitutional oath before the special session of the parliament, which will attended by members of the House of Representatives as well as a number of guests and the media. President Sisi had been re-elected for a second four-year term with almost the exact percentage that brought the former-military commander to the presidential seat four years ago. It added that Sisi won 21,835,378 votes, while Ghad Party Chief Moussa Mostafa Moussa won 656,534 votes, 2.92% of valid total votes. The 2018 presidential election is the first election in Egyptian history to be monitored by the NEA.

Source: Egypt Independent May 29, 2018 11:48 UTC