CAIRO. General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was sworn in for a second term as president in a so called landslide victory in a March election in which all serious opponents had withdrawn.
Egyptian air force fighter planes and helicopters buzzed over the former military chief’s motorcade as he approached parliament early on Saturday.
“I assure you that accepting the other and creating common spaces between us will be my biggest concern to achieve consensus, social peace and real political development in addition to our economic development,”
Sisi said in a speech after he took the oath, as lawmakers clapped and cheered.
“I will not exclude anyone from this common space except those who chose violence, terrorism and extremist thought as a way to impose their will", Sisi added during the ceremony, broadcast live on television.
Sisi captured the Egyptian govt by a coup in which he killed hundred of Muhammad Morsi supporters which were elected by overwhelming majority by Egyptians. He with the support of West and Israel.
Since occupying the power he has arrested and killed hundreds of Morsi supporters and closed only gate way towards the Gaza.
The 63-year-old former intelligence chief and defense minister led the overthrow of Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood - Egypt’s first freely-elected president - after protests against Mursi’s rule in 2013.
Sisi was elected to his first four-year term as president a year later. In March Sisi won 97 percent of the vote, but turnout was just 41 percent. The election featured only one other candidate, himself an ardent Sisi supporter, after all serious opposition contenders halted their campaigns in January.
The main challenger was arrested and his campaign manager beaten up, while other hopefuls also pulled out, citing intimidation.
Since the election dozens of mostly secular or socialist Sisi critics have been arrested and are being investigated on charges that include spreading fake news and belonging to illegal or terrorist organizations.
Rights groups say Sisi has muzzled political opponents, activists and critical media, while courts have passed death sentences on hundreds of supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood.
The recent wave of arrests has drawn criticism from the European Union, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and international rights organizations.