Sisi sworn in for second term in office: Egypt
2nd June (DIN NEWS)The former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi who came into power in 2013, after overturning the islamist predecessor Mohamed Morsi, has sworn in again for his second four-year term in office during a special parliament session broadcast live on state television. Initially Sisi was the sole candidate fighting in the election and had already received endorsements from more than 500 of the 596 MPs in Egypt’s parliament. But then, fifteen minutes prior to the deadline a candidate Mostafa Mousa from the centrist Ghad party suddenly emerged as a contender. Till…
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