Egyptians vote this weekend on constitutional changes that will potentially allow President Abdel Fattah el Sisi to stay in office until 2030
Egyptian nationals, living in Kuwait, cast their votes in a referendum on constitutional amendments, at the Egyptian embassy in Kuwait City on April 19, 2019.
Some 55 million of Egypt's nearly 100 million population are eligible to cast votes in the referendum, which will be held over three days starting on Saturday. Opponents of the changes complained that they were being rushed through without proper public scrutiny. They would also grant the president control over appointing head judges and the public prosecutor from a pool of candidates. They would task the military with protecting "the constitution and democracy and the fundamental makeup of the country and its civil nature".
"It won't make a difference," said the 67-year-old, who declined to give his name. "Leave it to God."Sisi came to power after spearheading, as defence minister, the removal of the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Mursi as Egypt's first-ever elected president in 2013, and winning the election a year later. He was elected to a second four-year term last year.
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