Egypt’s opposition parties gathered on Wednesday during a press conference decrying proposed constitutional amendments and urging Egyptians to vote against them, Associated Press reports. The parliament will take its final vote on 14 April, followed by a national referendum. The coalition, which includes political parties such as the Egyptian Social Democratic Party, the Egyptian Socialist Party, the Reform and Development Party, the Populist Socialist Alliance, the Dostour Party, the Karama Party, and the Egyptian Democratic Party , said that the amendments “will establish dictatorship and autocracy.” “The amendments will demolish liberties, democracy and the existence of a civil state,” spokesman Magdi Abdel-Hamid said. The opposition leaders have accepted invitations from Parliament Speaker Ali Abdel-Al to present their arguments on the amendments, yet with the majority in parliament supporting the amendments, the opposition parties lack sufficient power to block them. Abdel-Hamid added that the coalition aims to “expose the serious dangers and major threats that are likely to arise due to endorsing the proposed amendments.” In February, Egypt’s House of Representatives voted by an overwhelming majority (485 out of 596) to approve a set of constitutional amendments that allow extending the…
Egypt’s Opposition Urge Egyptians to Vote Against Constitutional Amendments
March 28, 2019
