(Bloomberg) -- Egyptians will begin voting on Friday in a national referendum on constitutional changes that would allow President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to stay in power as long as 2030, the country’s Supreme Elections Commission announced.
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“Go down, participate, you’re voice will be heard,” SEC chief Lasheen Ibrahim said in a televised press conference.
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Egyptian expatriates will cast their ballots from April 19-21 while voting in the country will run from April 20-22, he said.
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