Sisi: Constitution will not be amended to extend his term; public figures react

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has said Egypt's constitution will not be amended to extend his presidency, drawing responses from Amr Moussa and Mortada Mansour.

• Sisi announced at a military educational symposium that the constitution will not be touched or amended to extend his term beyond 2030.
• Amr Moussa said the statement opens a new political stage and urged parliament to draft the constitution's complementary laws.
• Mortada Mansour said the decision ended speculation that Sisi intended to amend the constitution to extend his rule.
• Mansour also called for judicial independence, presidential pardons for detainees, and revisions to laws restricting freedoms.