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Sisi loyalists call for six-year term

Media figures close to the regime have started campaigning for amending the constitution so as to extend President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s second term.
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As soon as the results of the Egyptian presidential elections were officially announced April 2, media figures close to the regime embarked on a campaign to amend the constitution so as to extend the second term of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

Opposition figures are concerned about the future of the alternation of power principle — a key demand of the January 25 Revolution.

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