Egypt’s President al-Sisi has ruled the country according to human rights activists still authoritarian than its predecessor, Mubarak. Now, the Parliament constitutional amendments has decided to give him even more Power.
Egypt’s Parliament has agreed to a further Expansion of the Power of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. 531 of 596 members of the house of representatives voted, according to Reports in the state media in a roll-call vote on constitutional changes which would allow the head of state, among other things, is a prolonged term. Accordingly, there were 22 votes against.
the approval of al-Sisi-supporters-dominated Parliament was already after a first vote by a show of hands as sure. Critics were set in advance under pressure. The Changes must be voted on in a Referendum.
Egypt’s President Ali Abdel-Aal. The application is for an amendment to the Constitution was introduced by al-Sisi-loyal deputies.
by 2030, in the office?
The application is for an amendment to the Constitution was introduced by al-Sisi-loyal deputies. The Parliament is dominated by supporters of Ex-General. Al-Sisi took over after the overthrow of the elected Islamist President, Mohammed Morsi, in July 2013, the Power in Egypt. He was elected in 2014 for the first time as President, a year ago, he was elected in an internationally criticized elections.
the second term of The 64-Year-olds would actually be 2022. The amendments to the Constitution to extend this for a further two years and give him the opportunity to 2024 again for six years. He could remain until 2030.
With the Changes adopted in the Parliament expands the influence of the President on the judiciary. He sits in the future, a High judicial Council and shall also appoint the Prosecutor General and the Chairman of the Supreme constitutional court. The role of the already influential members of the military should be strengthened. The constitutional amendments saw that the army was officially given the task “to protect the Constitution and democracy”.
The Parliament is dominated by supporters of Ex-General al-Sisi. More than two-thirds of the deputies voted for the amendments to the Constitution.
Repressive than under Mubarak
Many Egyptians, al-Sisi is the “strong man”, set in the Chaos after the fall of longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak in 2011. Human rights groups accuse him of, but that his rule was more repressive than that of Mubarak. They fear that a deterioration of the human rights situation even further. Tens of thousands sit in prison for political reasons. Freedom of the press and demonstration are considerably restricted.
This and the ongoing economic crisis together with significant price increases, damage to the Reputation of the heads of state, had promised economic stability. Even in 2017, al-Sisi had insisted in an Interview, not a third term, and an amendment to the Constitution excluded.
Al-Sisi is to the outside as the father of the country who wants to lead Egypt allegedly in the direction of more democracy. His supporters argue that the Changes were necessary to maintain stability in troubled times. Again and again the head of state, an Ex-General justifies its harsh policies with the threat of terrorism in the North of the Sinai, where an offshoot of the IS-terrorist militia is active.
Changes in lift army over constitutional
The Berlin-based Stiftung Wissenschaft und politik (SWP), in an analysis, however, to the conclusion, “the Almighty armed forces,” were the amendments to the Constitution “also formally, on the Constitution”. So rampant in Egypt is the concern that the military could intervene more easily if something goes against their will. “The militarisation of the state is so forced,” writes the SWP.
Parliament amendment to the Constitution
Carsten district with youngsters, ARD, Cairo
16.04.2019 20:50 PM
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