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<\/a> Could the House of Representatives really postpone next year\u2019s presidential poll?<\/strong> A proposal to extend President Abdel Fattah El Sisi\u2019s term to six years from four via amendments to the constitution appears to be gaining traction in the House of Representatives, after the majority Free Egyptians Party publicly endorsed it, Al Shorouk reports<\/a>. The news raises the specter of the House pushing the idea when it gets back to business in September. As we noted yesterday<\/a>, the idea of extending the president\u2019s term has already been dismissed by none other than Amr Moussa, the former foreign minister who led the drafting of the current (2014) constitution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Could the House of Representatives really postpone next year\u2019s presidential poll? A proposal to extend President Abdel Fattah El Sisi\u2019s term to six years from four via amendments to the constitution appears to be gaining traction in the House of Representatives, after the majority Free Egyptians Party publicly endorsed it, Al Shorouk reports. 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