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With no candidates to rival President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, next year\u2019s presidential <\/strong>elections will make people unmotivated to actually go out and vote<\/strong>, which would undermine the legitimacy of the process as a whole, Abdullah El Sennawy writes for Al Shorouk<\/a>. The lack of pluralism amounts to a breach of the constitution and will only produce elections reminiscent of pre-2011 referendums.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With no candidates to rival President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, next year\u2019s presidential elections will make people unmotivated to actually go out and vote, which would undermine the legitimacy of the process as a whole, Abdullah El Sennawy writes for Al Shorouk. 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