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Sisi moves to delegate certain Presidential powers to Defense Minister – here’s what that means

The former Director of the National Defense College, Mohamed al-Ghabbary explained President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s decision to delegate certain Presidential powers —as stipulated in the General Mobilization Law—to the Minister of Defense and Military Production. During a phone-in to the program “Ala Massoulity” (On My Responsibility) on the Sada al-Balad channel, Ghabbary said that the … The…

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has recently delegated certain Presidential powers to the Minister of Defense and Military Production, as stipulated in the General Mobilization Law. This move, according to Mohamed al-Ghabbary, the former Director of the National Defense College, is a routine legal and administrative measure that occurs whenever a new Minister of Defense takes office.

The decision, published in the Official Gazette on September 22, grants the Minister the authority to exercise the powers outlined in Articles 9, 12, and 24 of Law #87 of 1960 for a period of one year, starting from November.

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