Brasília – Egyptian electors have passed a constitutional reform expanding the presidential term limits, allowing the president Abdel Fatah al-Sisi to stay in power until 2030. The ‘yes’ won the referendum supported by 88.8% out of the 27 million electors that participated in the referendum, as released this Wednesday (24) by the electoral authorities.
The approval was already taken for granted. The constitutional changes allow Sisi to try the reelection at the end of his current term, staying in power until 2030 if he wins. The reform extends the president’s term limit from four to six years. And it allows for a maximum of two consecutive terms for the president.
Sisi was already reelected for a second four-year term last year, but the congressmen added a special article that extends his current term to six years and allows him to run again in 2024.
Translated by Guilherme Miranda
