Leading Egyptian secular group opposes #Sisi presidency
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Egypt’s April 6 Youth Movement, which helped topple Hosni Mubarak in 2011, spoke out on Wednesday against any attempt by army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to seek the presidency, saying this would be divisive and destabilizing. Field Marshal Sisi, who is also defense minister, told a military gathering on Tuesday he would soon begin official procedures for registering his candidacy because he could not “turn his back on calls by the majority of Egyptians.” read more