Egypt's Sisi To Be Sworn In Saturday At Parliament: State Media

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Egypt's Sisi to be sworn in Saturday at parliament: state media

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will be sworn in for his second term on Saturday during a special parliament session, state-media reported

Cairo, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 29th May, 2018 ) :Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will be sworn in for his second term on Saturday during a special parliament session, state-media reported.

Sisi's second term in office was sealed when he won 97 percent of valid votes in a presidential election in March.

Saturday will be the first presidential swearing in to be held in parliament since former ruler Hosni Mubarak began his fifth consecutive term in 2005, Al-Akhbar newspaper reported Tuesday.

The current parliament was elected in 2015, a year after Sisi was elected for his first term.

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