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Parliament member Ismail Nasr El Din plans to make a formal proposal to the House of Representatives to extend the presidential term to six years from four currently, Al Shorouk reports<\/a>. The MP said he would be proposing several other constitutional amendments as well. The idea is already being met with resistance. Ex-foreign minister Amr Moussa, who sat on the committee that drafted the 2014 constitution rejected the proposal, saying that \u201crenewed talk about amending the constitution in a presidential election year raises questions about the maturity of the political thought behind it,\u201d according to the AP<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Parliament member Ismail Nasr El Din plans to make a formal proposal to the House of Representatives to extend the presidential term to six years from four currently, Al Shorouk reports. The MP said he would be proposing several other constitutional amendments as well. The idea is already being met with resistance. 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