President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi - File Photo
CAIRO - 10 September 2017: For the second day in a row, a pro-Sisi hashtag calling for supporting him for another presidential term, is trending on Twitter in Egypt.
More than 101,000 users posted their support to President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi running for a second term in office due to convene in 2018, using the hashtag, which translates to “we will re-elect al-Sisi.”
Some users posted President Sisi’s accomplishments during his first tenure; @Nadia_A_mohamed posted that Egypt’s foreign reserves during former president Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year tenure equals Sisi’s amount of reserves during the three years of his first tenure.
Saber Hassan posted that Sisi is the most suitable person to rule Egypt again.
This is not the first time Twitter users showed their support for Sisi running for a second presidential term. In April, another hashtag in support of Sisi also trended on Twitter.
Sisi has not yet announced he will be running for a second term, but many popular voices have been calling for him to run for another four years.
In August, the Modern Egypt party headed by Nabil Da’bas launched the initiative “The Year of Sisi,” which primarily calls 2018 a year to return the favor to Sisi by re-electing him.
Furthermore, the expat Egyptian Youth Union announced their support to Sisi through the campaign, “your sons and daughters are with you, President.” The expat youth urged Sisi to run for a second term to complete the development process that he initiated in Egypt.
Sisi was elected in 2014 with a 96.94 percent of total votes. Elections are expected to take place in 2018, the second presidential election since the ouster of the Muslim Brotherhood.
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