The current president of Egypt, Abdel Fatah al Sisiwon the presidential election of the country with the 89.6 percent of the votesensuring without surprise a new six-year termannounced on Monday the egyptian electoral authority.
The head of that organization, Hazem Badawy, declared that there was an “unprecedented” level of participation of the 66.8 percent of a total of 67 million votersof which more than 39 million voted for Sisithat has been running Egypt for a decade.
Sisi faced three relatively little-known contenders: Hazem Omar of the Republican People’s Party, who came second with 4.5 percent of the vote; Farid Zahran, leader of the left-wing Egyptian Social Democratic Party; and Abdel Sanad Yamama, from the centenary Wafd party.
Yes Yes He has been in power since he overthrew elected Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in 2013.
His election is no surprise, since in the 2014 and 2018 elections he won the 96 percent of the votes.
➡️ Join the El Sol de México channel on WhatsApp so you don’t miss the most important information
This victory assures him a third term that will begin in April and that, according to Egyptian constitutionshould be your last.
Egypt, the most populous country in the Arab world with 106 million inhabitants, suffers a serious economic crisiswith a 40 percent inflationa 50 percent currency devaluation and the elimination of public subsidies under pressure from the International Monetary Fund.
Two-thirds of the Egyptians live around the threshold of poverty.