{"id":28292,"date":"2018-08-30T06:45:03","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T06:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/v2.ecomnewsmed.com.ecn-01.ovea.com\/2018\/08\/30\/egyptian-politic-what-has-al-sisi-done-since-taking-power\/"},"modified":"2020-08-11T11:33:53","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T09:33:53","slug":"egyptian-politic-what-has-al-sisi-done-since-taking-power","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/en\/2018\/08\/30\/egyptian-politic-what-has-al-sisi-done-since-taking-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Egyptian politic: What has Al-Sisi done since taking power?"},"content":"\nEgypt has embraced its fifth president since 1953. That is to say, the country of Pharaohs has seen only five leaders in 59 years: Gamal Abdel Nasser, Anwar Sadat, Hosni Mubarak, Mohamed Morsi and Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, without counting interim presidents and supreme council of the Armed Forces rule. \nWhile growing voices in\u00a0Egypt highlight the similarities between Mubarak\u2019s and Al-Sisi\u2019s style of rule, the later has recently reaffirmed his support for a two-term limit for the office of the president. \nHowever, a \u201cstrange\u201d petition demanding that Egypt\u2019s current president remain in power for longer is circulating between Egyptian institutions and among pro-state figures. Will Al-Sisi seek an amendment to the constitution to allow longer terms and the removal of term limits? One would say that history eternally repeats itself.\nAl-Sisi and foreign affairs\nHere\u2019s a brief summary of Al-Sisi\u2019s diplomatic highlights since coming to power:\n\n\u201c(He) is doing a fantastic job\u201d, Donald Trump said when he welcomed president Al-Sisi to the White House in April 2017. The US Trump wants to reboot bilateral relationships with Egypt to move over the high tensions between Al-Sisi and the Obama administration;\nOn the same month, Al-Sisi also received a solemn royal welcome in Saudi Arabia. Two months later, he ratified a controversial treaty to transfer two uninhabited Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia. The president was accused of \u201cselling territory\u201d for aid;\nIn summer 2017, Egypt joined the Saudi-led boycott of Qatar. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt accused the small Gulf state of destabilising the region with is support for Islamist groups, including the Muslim Brotherhood which Al-Sisi has declared a terror organisation;\nIn December 2017, Al-Sisi welcomed Vladimir Putin in Cairo to sign a contract for the building of Egypt\u2019s first nuclear power plant.\n\nAl-Sisi and human rights\n\u201cThere are more restrictions on civil society now than there were under Mubarak\u201d, says Samer Shehata, a professor of Middle Eastern politics at the University of Oklahoma. \nHuman Rights Watch is very regularly bashing the government in Egypt for prosecutions, travel bans and asset freezes against human rights activists. \u201cPresident Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi should prioritise reforms to end serious human rights violations during his second term\u201d, Human Rights Watch said in a press conference in Beirut.\nTo see more, discover our latest videos on the Egyptian economy :\u00a0\n\u00a0\n\n\u00a0\n\n","author":42,"featured_media":5408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","tags":[5754,5752,5764,5761,5763,5751,5756,5755,5753,2961,5750,5759,5762],"location":[5600],"class_list":["post-28292","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-business","tag-business-support","tag-communities","tag-decision-makers","tag-direct-broadcasting","tag-economy","tag-employment","tag-employment-training","tag-entrepriseslife","tag-institutions","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-trending","location-egypt"],"short_url":"","have_related_news":null,"chapo":"While he speaks in a very soft voice during political speeches, Al-Sisi does not hesitate to turn into a hardcore leader to stamp out any voices of dissent. His supporters \u2013 and there are many \u2013 claim that \u201cbrute force\u201d is what Egypt needed to escape political and institutional disintegration after the chaotic post-revolution period. In his new term in office, people should expect \u201cmore of the same\u201d, analysts say.","media":{"src":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rue-egypte-vide-1.png","srcset":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rue-egypte-vide-1.png 550w","sizes":"550px","alt":"L\u2019Egypte peut-elle sortir de l\u2019impasse \u00e9conomique ? 1","width":550,"height":360,"ratio":0.58,"credit_photo":""},"media-news-header":{"src":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rue-egypte-vide-1.png","srcset":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rue-egypte-vide-1.png 1170w","sizes":"1170px","alt":"L\u2019Egypte peut-elle sortir de l\u2019impasse \u00e9conomique ? 1","width":1170,"height":658,"ratio":0.58,"credit_photo":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Egyptian politic: What has Al-Sisi done since taking power? - Ecomnews Med<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Egypt has embraced its fifth president since 1953. 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