Al-Sissi rules out extending his presidency beyond 2030
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Lepaystchad
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi says he will leave office at the end of his term in 2030 and rules out a constitutional amendment to extend his presidency. At a ceremony at the Egyptian Military Academy, he also announced a 30-month training programme to prepare a new generation of public officials, according to his statements.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi said on Saturday 17 October that he would leave office at the end of his term in 2030 and would not amend the Constitution to extend it. “This matter is definitively settled,” he said at a graduation ceremony at the Egyptian Military Academy.
The statement comes as some of his supporters call for a fourth term. Al-Sissi has been in power since 2014.
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