Egyptians start voting on Saturday in a referendum that could allow President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to stay in office until 2030.
President Sisi was seen at a polling station in the eastern suburb of Heliopolis in the Egyptian capital where he cast his ballot, state television showed.
The three-day referendum on constitutional amendments extends the presidential term to six years from four.
Also the amendments provide for the creation of a second parliamentary chamber known as the Council of Senators. It would have 180 members, two-thirds elected by the public and the rest appointed by the president.
Also the amendments will further create a quota setting women’s representation in parliament at a minimum of 25 percent.
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