Former Military Chief Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has been sworn into office at the High Constitutional Court in the presence of the country’s top judicial, government and military brass. The new President’s first day will consist of several ceremonies which will be attended by 70 international dignitaries, including 20 world leaders. Sisi had been declared Egypt’s new President last week by the Presidential elections committee. The 59-year-old strongman was chosen by 23.7 million votes (or 96.91 percent) of a total of 25.2 million voters (47.45 percent turnout) to lead the country less than 12-months after the fall of his predecessor, deposed Islamist President and Muslim Brotherhood member Mohammed Morsi. The victory came after three days of largely festive, yet uneventful, elections in Egypt, in which millions across the country headed to approximately 14,000 polling stations to cast their ballots. Sisi’s sole contender crashes out of race Meanwhile, Nasserist politician Hamdeen Sabahi failed to make any significant gains in the elections. According to the Elections Committee, Sabahi won a mere 3.09 percent (757,511) of the votes, while the number of overall invalidated votes surpassed one million. Ayman Ashour, an Egyptian-American businessman and activist, believes Mr Sabahi would…
