Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi was sworn in for a second four-year term on Saturday after being re-elected in a vote earlier this year in which he faced no serious challengers.<\/p>\n
El-Sissi took the oath of office before parliament amid tight security enforced throughout Cairo. After the oath, artillery delivered a celebratory 21-gun salute.<\/p>\n
Mohamed Khalil was shot in the knee by Israeli forces during the Great March of Return protests in Gaza. He now calls on Messi and Argentina to boycott Israel and not participate in the friendly match.<\/p>\n
In an address to the packed chamber, el-Sissi vowed to continue working to restore stability, revive the economy and combat the insurgency in the northern Sinai Peninsula. He said in his second term he would focus on education and health care.<\/p>\n
\u201cEgypt can include all of us, with all our diversity and richness\u2026 except those who choose violence and terror to impose their will and power. Egypt is for all and I am a president of all those who agree with me or disagree,\u201d he said at the ceremony, which was also attended by his Cabinet and religious leaders.<\/p>\n
El-Sissi won more than 97 per cent of the vote in the March election, with turnout of more than 40 per cent. He faced no serious challenger, after a string of potentially strong candidates withdrew under pressure or were arrested.<\/p>\n
His sole opponent, little-known politician Moussa Mustafa Moussa, was a supporter of the president and joined the race at the last minute to spare the government the embarrassment of a one-candidate election.<\/p>\n
El-Sissi was first elected in 2014, nearly a year after leading the military overthrow of Egypt\u2019s first freely elected president, the Islamist Mohammed Morsi, amid mass protests against his divisive rule.<\/p>\n
Since then, authorities have waged a sweeping crackdown on dissent, jailing thousands of Islamists as well as many of the prominent secular activists behind the 2011 uprising that toppled longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak. Unauthorized protests have been banned, and hundreds of websites, including those of rights groups and independent media, have been blocked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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