Just recently, Sudan made Africa celebrate the coming to an end of dictatorial rule through the ouster its leader Omar-Al-Bashir who has now been imprisoned
However, Egypt has made a constitutional change that is threatening the great leadership change that many were starting to enjoy.
Egypt’s parliament has approved constitutional amendments that would allow President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi to stay in power until 2030.
President al-Sisi is due to stand down in 2022 but the new amendment would extend his term to 2024 and allow him to run one more time – winning would lead to another six years in power.
The vote, which sends the amendments to a national referendum, was seen by critics as another step back to authoritarianism, eight years after a pro-democracy uprising ended Hosni Mubarak’s three-decade rule.
The former general became president in 2014 after a coup in the previous year. He was re-elected in 2018 with 97.8% of the vote but many opposing candidates were jailed or pressured to stand down.
Egypt’s parliament is dominated by Sisi supporters and voted 531 to 22 in favor of the constitutional amendments.
They say changes are needed to provide more time to complete major development projects and economic reforms.
The referendum is supposed to take place before 5 May, the start of Ramadan, but a date has not been confirmed.