Egypt's Sisi says he will not seek a third term - CNBC

Egypt's Sisi says he will not seek a third term - CNBC
Tue Nov 7, 2017 09:43:08

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will not seek a third term in office, he said in an interview with CNBC on Monday evening.

(reuters) -- Sisi said in the interview that he does not intend to change the Egyptian constitiution and will preserve the two four-year presidential terms outlined in the document.

However, he did not confirm if he intends to run for a second-term after March 2018 when his first term expires.

(Photo: EPA)


 

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