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Mohamed Morsi est mort ce lundi des suites d'un malaise après une audition devant le tribunal du Caire où se déroulait son procès. Il était âgé de 67 ans.

L’ex-président égyptien Mohamed Morsi est mort après une audition au tribunal au Caire à la suite d’un malaise, a annoncé ce lundi la télévision d’Etat égyptienne. L’ex-dirigeant avait été élu en 2012 après la révolte qui avait provoqué le départ d’Hosni Moubarak dans le cadre du printemps arabe. Il avait ensuite été renversé en 2013 par Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, l’actuel président.

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) is expected to increase efforts for the election campaign after the Ramadan Bayram, also known as Eid al-Fitr, for redo elections slated for June 23 under scope of the party's aim to reach the maximum level of voters before the polls.

La révision constitutionnelle controversée permettant la prolongation de la présidence d'Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, qui renforce ses pouvoirs et ceux de l'armée égyptienne, a été approuvée par référendum à 88,83%.

La nouvelle constitution du président Abdel Fattah al-Sissi a été acceptée par 88,83% des votants, a annoncé mardi l’Autorité nationale des élections. 11,17% des électeurs « se sont prononcés contre » cette révision et « le taux de participation (…) a atteint 44,33% », selon le président de l’institution, Lachine Ibrahim.

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt’s parliament will vote on Tuesday on constitutional amendments including an extension to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s current four-year-term, its speaker, Ali Abdelaal, said on Sunday.

Proposed constitutional amendments had previously suggested that Sisi would be allowed to seek two new six-year terms after his current one expires in 2022.

But according to a recent draft seen by Reuters, those latest amendments could allow Sisi to stay in power until 2030 by extending his current term by two more years and allowing him to run once again in 2024.

The bestselling author Alaa Al Aswany has said he is being sued by military prosecutors in Egypt for insulting the president, armed forces and judiciary.

The Egyptian parliament is debating a proposal to amend the country's constitution that will extend the presidential term from four years to six.

This means President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi may be able to stay in power beyond 2022, when his second term in office ends.

The 32 ministers in the cabinet of Egypt's newly appointed Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly were sworn in before President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi on Thursday.

Last week, President El-Sisi appointed Housing Minister Madbouly as a new prime minister and tasked him with forming the new cabinet, following the resignation of the cabinet of former PM Sherif Ismail.

The new cabinet includes 12 new ministers.

Mohamed Zaki – Minister of Defence

Egypt's newly appointed Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly has started consultations to form a new cabinet and is expected to be sworn in next week, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported.

Cabinet sources said that Madbouly is expected to finish forming the new government next week and will be sworn in before Eid El-Fetr, which is expected on Friday 15 June. The sources said that the new cabinet will include between 17 to 20 new ministers, mostly from service ministries.

The parliamentary landscape is being redrawn as MPs from For the Sake of Egypt and Free Egyptians Party migrate

Future of Homeland Party head Ashraf Rashad has revealed that 150 independent MPs who are members of the For the Sake of Egypt Association have decided to join the party. The new intake will quadruple the party’s representation in parliament.