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Egypt's president says he supports 2-term limit

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AP Cairo
Last Updated : Nov 07 2017 | 5:42 PM IST
Egypt's leader says he is not in favour of amending the constitutional provisions barring the president from staying in office beyond two, four-year terms.
Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi was elected to office 2014, a year after he led the military's ouster of an elected but divisive president, the Islamist Mohammed Morsi.
He has strongly suggested he would seek a second term in office in elections next year, but he has yet to make a formal announcement.
Speaking to CNBC television in an interview, el-Sissi said: "I am with preserving the (clause on) two, four-year terms and not change it." It was his first public comment on the issue, raised by several pro-government lawmakers and media figures who wanted the constitution amended to allow el-Sissi to stay in office beyond eight years.

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First Published: Nov 07 2017 | 5:42 PM IST

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