Sisi's 2030 exit plan would keep Egypt in the army's hands

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A proposed 30-month Military Academy course for future presidents would let the armed forces decide who is qualified to govern, sidelining parties and narrowing voters' choice At the Egyptian Military Academy's first graduation ceremony on 17 October, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said what many Egyptians had stopped expecting to hear. He declared that 2030 will mark the end of his presidency, "if I live", and that the matter is "completely settled". Most coverage stopped there, but the consequ