And President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi issued a decree on Tuesday “10/10/2017” to declare a state of emergency in Egypt for three months starting from Friday “Tomorrow” 1 AM Cairo Local Time.
The decree was published in Tuesday’s issue of the Egyptian State’s official gazette.
There is online and ongoing confusion about this declaration as some considered it as an extension of that state of emergency.
El-Sisi declared the state of emergency last April following the horrifying the Black Palm Sunday bombings in Cairo and Tanta.
It is not an extension to that state of emergency which was extended in July subsequently. Sisi extended the state of emergency on 10 July 2017 for three months only in accordance with the Egyptian Constitution.
That 3 months period has ended on Tuesday 10 October 2017.
According to the Egyptian Constitution of 2014's article no.154, the State of emergency can be only extended for another three months only one time.
There was a rumor that surprisingly the regime will respect the constitution and won't extend the state of emergency but it is a rumor as we have already seen.
Up till now, I do not know what the need for a state of emergency in Egypt is especially we got a collection of laws limiting the media and assemblies as well protests giving the state and the government unprecedented upper hand !!
The state of emergency declared in April did not stop that horrifying massacre of Egyptian Christians in Egypt's Southern Western desert in June if you remember. The state of emergency has not never stopped terrorist attacks or terrorism in Egypt and you can see the proof in the terrorist attacks since the start of the 1980s till the mid-1990s !!
It seems that State of emergency is an authentic Egyptian presidential tradition !!
Here is a quick look at Egypt’s history with the damned state of emergency which did not stop any bad thing from happening in the country.
Happy Emergency ya People !!
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| A copy of the decree in the official gazette |
There is online and ongoing confusion about this declaration as some considered it as an extension of that state of emergency.
El-Sisi declared the state of emergency last April following the horrifying the Black Palm Sunday bombings in Cairo and Tanta.
It is not an extension to that state of emergency which was extended in July subsequently. Sisi extended the state of emergency on 10 July 2017 for three months only in accordance with the Egyptian Constitution.
That 3 months period has ended on Tuesday 10 October 2017.
According to the Egyptian Constitution of 2014's article no.154, the State of emergency can be only extended for another three months only one time.
The declaration is for a specified period not exceeding three months, which can only be extended by another similar period upon the approval of two-thirds of House members.So the president could not extend it for another period. Still, he found a very wicked workaround: To declare a new state of emergency on the same day, the old state of emergency's extension ends!!!
There was a rumor that surprisingly the regime will respect the constitution and won't extend the state of emergency but it is a rumor as we have already seen.
Up till now, I do not know what the need for a state of emergency in Egypt is especially we got a collection of laws limiting the media and assemblies as well protests giving the state and the government unprecedented upper hand !!
The state of emergency declared in April did not stop that horrifying massacre of Egyptian Christians in Egypt's Southern Western desert in June if you remember. The state of emergency has not never stopped terrorist attacks or terrorism in Egypt and you can see the proof in the terrorist attacks since the start of the 1980s till the mid-1990s !!
It seems that State of emergency is an authentic Egyptian presidential tradition !!
Here is a quick look at Egypt’s history with the damned state of emergency which did not stop any bad thing from happening in the country.
Happy Emergency ya People !!
