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Mostaqbal Watan's behavioral democracy/regime record: the party (chaired by Ashraf Rashad) held mass rallies and campaigned for a "yes" vote on the April 2019 constitutional amendments that extended Sisi's tenure (potentially to 2030) and entrenched military/executive power. Party rally documented by Al-Ahram (18 Apr 2019); amendments' content per HRW/ICJ ("consolidate authoritarian rule").

Arabic EG flag Egypt 2019-04-18 Tier 2 — primary or translation 71 words

Party: Mostaqbal Watan

Original source: https://gate.ahram.org.eg/News/2144944.aspx

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verbatim · Arabic
نظم حزب مستقبل وطن فى محافظة الشرقية مؤتمرا جماهيريا حاشدا باستاد الزقازيق الرياضي، بحضور المهندسين أشرف رشاد الشريف رئيس الحزب، والنائب أشرف رشاد عثمان، نائب رئيس الحزب، والمهندس حسام الخولى الأمين العام للحزب

وناشد جموع المواطنين من شباب الشرقية بصفة خاصة والمصريين بصفة عامة النزول والمشاركة بكثافة يومي 20 و21 و22 إبريل الجاري وإرسال رسالة إلى العالم أجمع مفادها أننا جميعا سنشارك في الاستفتاء وسنقول نعم للتعديلات لأن مصر دولة عظيمة.

English translation

translation
[Source is in Arabic.] Behavioral conduct-axis record of Mostaqbal Watan (the Nation's Future Party) on democracy / regime-stance: its mobilization for the April 2019 constitutional amendments. Al-Ahram reported (18 April 2019) that the party held a mass rally (~30,000 attendees) at Zagazig Stadium in Sharqia "to support the constitutional amendments," attended by party chairman Ashraf Rashad El-Sharif and senior leadership, at which the chairman urged Egyptians to vote in the 20–22 April referendum.

Translation:
"The Mostaqbal Watan (Nation's Future) party organized a mass popular conference in Sharqia governorate at Zagazig Sports Stadium, attended by engineer Ashraf Rashad El-Sharif, the party chairman; MP Ashraf Rashad Othman, deputy chairman; and engineer Hossam El-Kholy, the party's secretary-general."
"[The chairman] called on the masses of citizens — the youth of Sharqia in particular and Egyptians in general — to turn out and participate heavily on 20, 21 and 22 April, and to send a message to the whole world that we will all take part in the referendum and we will say YES to the amendments, because Egypt is a great nation."

Context: The amendments — proposed by a pro-government parliamentary bloc and approved by Parliament 531–22 — extended the presidential term from four to six years and allowed President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to run again (potentially keeping him in office until 2030), expanded the military's role as "protector of the civilian nature of the state," and increased presidential control over judicial appointments and the public prosecutor. Human Rights Watch and the International Commission of Jurists said the amendments would "consolidate authoritarian rule" and undermine judicial independence; the referendum took place amid mass arrests and a reported media blackout on critics. [Axes: democracy (behavioral), regime-stance, civil-liberties.]

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Mostaqbal Watan. (2019). Mostaqbal Watan's behavioral democracy/regime record: the party (chaired by Ashraf Rashad) held mass rallies and campaigned for a "yes" vote on the April 2019 constitutional amendments that extended Sisi's tenure (potentially to 2030) and entrenched military/executive power. Party rally documented by Al-Ahram (18 Apr 2019); amendments' content per HRW/ICJ ("consolidate authoritarian rule"). [Original language: AR]. gate.ahram.org.eg. Retrieved June 22, 2026, from https://gate.ahram.org.eg/News/2144944.aspx
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Mostaqbal Watan. 2019. "Mostaqbal Watan's behavioral democracy/regime record: the party (chaired by Ashraf Rashad) held mass rallies and campaigned for a "yes" vote on the April 2019 constitutional amendments that extended Sisi's tenure (potentially to 2030) and entrenched military/executive power. Party rally documented by Al-Ahram (18 Apr 2019); amendments' content per HRW/ICJ ("consolidate authoritarian rule").." [Original language: AR] gate.ahram.org.eg. Accessed June 22, 2026. https://gate.ahram.org.eg/News/2144944.aspx.
BibTeX
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  author       = {{Mostaqbal Watan}},
  title        = {Mostaqbal Watan's behavioral democracy/regime record: the party (chaired by Ashraf Rashad) held mass rallies and campaigned for a "yes" vote on the April 2019 constitutional amendments that extended Sisi's tenure (potentially to 2030) and entrenched military/executive power. Party rally documented by Al-Ahram (18 Apr 2019); amendments' content per HRW/ICJ ("consolidate authoritarian rule").},
  year         = {2019},
  date         = {2019-04-18},
  howpublished = {Online; hosted at gate.ahram.org.eg},
  url          = {https://gate.ahram.org.eg/News/2144944.aspx},
  urldate      = {2026-06-22},
  language     = {ar},
  note         = {Retrieved via Tayyar at https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/documents/2bc6b49a-4d72-4ccd-b9f8-8db46f5ca334},
}

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