Sisi wins but youths alienated
The
approval of Egypt's constitution bolsters the powerful army chief but a
large number of youths who helped topple two presidents within three
years shunned the vote on the new charter. Egyptian voters have approved
the Tuesday-Wednesday referendum by 98.1 percent, officials announced
Saturday, and the results are seen as nod to General Abdel Fattah
al-Sisi to run for president. Sisi led the overthrow of Islamist
president Mohamed Morsi in July following massive protests against his
one year-rule, which came after a popular uprising in 2011 toppled his
predecessor Hosni...
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