Cairo:
Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi can be sworn in on Tuesday for a 3rd consecutive time period within the new capital being constructed exterior Cairo, authorities newspaper Al-Ahram confirmed Monday.
In energy for over a decade, Sisi “will take the oath of workplace on the structure Tuesday within the new parliament premises within the administrative capital”, east of Cairo, Al-Ahram stated.
Formally, the 69-year-old Sisi will start his time period on Wednesday, greater than three months after he was reelected with 89.6 % of the vote in opposition to three largely-unknown candidates.
The previous head of the military and minister of defence, Sisi led the ouster of former Islamist president Mohamed Morsi following large in style protests across the nation.
His new time period of six years is meant to be his final, in response to the structure.
MP Mustafa Bakri, who’s near the ruling powers, stated the federal government will probably resign after Sisi’s inauguration to permit for a cupboard reshuffle.
The swearing-in comes in opposition to the background of a extreme financial disaster, with spiralling inflation and a international forex scarcity that’s stifling international commerce.
Within the first trimester of 2024, nonetheless, Egypt benefitted from an inflow of billions of {dollars}, of which $35 billion got here from the United Arab Emirates, and a rise of $5 billion of an unique mortgage of $3 billion from the Worldwide Financial Fund.
Sisi’s supporters say the circulate of international forex will revitalise the economic system, however observers are sceptical there can be any enchancment with out structural reforms to cut back the outsize position of the military and authorities within the economic system.
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