President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi said there is no longer room for dictatorship in Egypt, in an interview with Portuguese TV network RTP Tuesday night. When confronted by the interviewer that he may sometimes be dubbed “a dictator,” Sisi laughed and said there is no room for dictators in Egypt and that there is a transfer of power every four years. “No one cannot stay on [as president] after their term is over,” he asserted, “according to the law, to the constitution and to Egyptians’ will. “There is no dictatorship in Egypt; every four years, the people can elect a new president,” he continued, “and this is one of the January 25 revolution’s achievements.” Sisi arrived in the Portuguese capital Lisbon on Sunday for a three-day visit, during which he met with his Portuguese counterpart, the prime minister and the parliamentary speaker. In his interview, Sisi denied that there are scores “unjustly imprisoned,” boasting that a recently-formed committee is still looking into cases of young detainees, after an initial group of 82 detainees was pardoned last week. “I don’t want to give figures,” he said, “but if there is just one person…
There is No Room for Dictatorship in Egypt, Sisi Tells Portuguese TV
November 24, 2016
