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In Pictures: Egypt's Sisi 'Wins' in Dubious Constitutional Referendum

Published April 24th, 2019 - 06:27 GMT

Around 90% of Egyptian voters have approved constitutional amendments which allow President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to stay in power until 2030, according to election officials.

However, opposition members have rejected the results saying its a 'Sham Referendum', adding that the government had used public money to distribute electoral bribes.

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Egyptian people show their inked hands after voting at a polling station during the third day of a referendum on constitutional amendments, at a school in shamma village in the northern Nile delta province of Menoufia, on April 22, 2019. Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP

Egyptian people show their inked hands after voting at a polling station during the third day of a referendum on constitutional amendments, at a school in shamma village in the northern Nile delta province of Menoufia, on April 22, 2019. Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP

Chief of the National Elections Commission (NEC) Lashin Ibrahim (C) speaks during a press conference in the Egyptian capital Cairo on April 23, 2019 to announce the result of the referendum extending the rule of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Egypt referendum extending Sisi rule passed with 88.83% of vote. MOHAMED EL-SHAHED / AFP

Chief of the National Elections Commission (NEC) Lashin Ibrahim (C) speaks during a press conference in the Egyptian capital Cairo on April 23, 2019 to announce the result of the referendum extending the rule of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Egypt referendum extending Sisi rule passed with 88.83% of vote. MOHAMED EL-SHAHED / AFP

Members of the National Elections Commission (NEC) pose for a picture during a press conference in the Egyptian capital Cairo on April 23, 2019 to announce the result of the referendum extending the rule of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Egypt referendum extending Sisi rule passed with 88.83% of vote. MOHAMED EL-SHAHED / AFP

Members of the National Elections Commission (NEC) pose for a picture during a press conference in the Egyptian capital Cairo on April 23, 2019 to announce the result of the referendum extending the rule of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Egypt referendum extending Sisi rule passed with 88.83% of vote. MOHAMED EL-SHAHED / AFP

An man Egyptian casts his ballot with a child at a polling station during the third day of a referendum on constitutional amendments, at a school in shamma village in the northern Nile delta province of Menoufia, on April 22, 2019. Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP

An man Egyptian casts his ballot with a child at a polling station during the third day of a referendum on constitutional amendments, at a school in shamma village in the northern Nile delta province of Menoufia, on April 22, 2019. Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP

An Egyptian person puts a finger in the ink after voting at a polling station during the third day of a referendum on constitutional amendments, at a school in shamma village in the northern Nile delta province of Menoufia, on April 22, 2019. Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP

An Egyptian person puts a finger in the ink after voting at a polling station during the third day of a referendum on constitutional amendments, at a school in shamma village in the northern Nile delta province of Menoufia, on April 22, 2019. Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP

Egyptian people show their inked hands after voting at a polling station during the third day of a referendum on constitutional amendments, at a school in shamma village in the northern Nile delta province of Menoufia, on April 22, 2019. Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP

Egyptian people show their inked hands after voting at a polling station during the third day of a referendum on constitutional amendments, at a school in shamma village in the northern Nile delta province of Menoufia, on April 22, 2019. Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP

Egyptian officials count the ballots at a polling station in a school of the village of Shebin El Kom in the northern Nile delta province of Menoufia, on April 22, 2019, after the third day of a referendum on constitutional amendments. MOHAMED EL-SHAHED / AFP

Egyptian officials count the ballots at a polling station in a school of the village of Shebin El Kom in the northern Nile delta province of Menoufia, on April 22, 2019, after the third day of a referendum on constitutional amendments. MOHAMED EL-SHAHED / AFP

Egyptians pose for a picture with a newspaper front page and a poster of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi outside a school in the second city of Alexandria during voting in a referendum on constitutional amendments on the first day of the three-day poll, on April 20, 2019. Tarek ABDEL HAMID / AFP

Egyptians pose for a picture with a newspaper front page and a poster of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi outside a school in the second city of Alexandria during voting in a referendum on constitutional amendments on the first day of the three-day poll, on April 20, 2019. Tarek ABDEL HAMID / AFP

An Egyptian man dances with a national flag as others play musical instruments while walking in a procession outside a school in the second city of Alexandria, during voting in a referendum on constitutional amendments. Tarek ABDEL HAMID / AFP

An Egyptian man dances with a national flag as others play musical instruments while walking in a procession outside a school in the second city of Alexandria, during voting in a referendum on constitutional amendments. Tarek ABDEL HAMID / AFP

Egyptian people show their inked hands after voting at a polling station during the third day of a referendum on constitutional amendments, at a school in shamma village in the northern Nile delta province of Menoufia, on April 22, 2019. Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP
Chief of the National Elections Commission (NEC) Lashin Ibrahim (C) speaks during a press conference in the Egyptian capital Cairo on April 23, 2019 to announce the result of the referendum extending the rule of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Egypt referendum extending Sisi rule passed with 88.83% of vote. MOHAMED EL-SHAHED / AFP
Members of the National Elections Commission (NEC) pose for a picture during a press conference in the Egyptian capital Cairo on April 23, 2019 to announce the result of the referendum extending the rule of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Egypt referendum extending Sisi rule passed with 88.83% of vote. MOHAMED EL-SHAHED / AFP
An man Egyptian casts his ballot with a child at a polling station during the third day of a referendum on constitutional amendments, at a school in shamma village in the northern Nile delta province of Menoufia, on April 22, 2019. Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP
An Egyptian person puts a finger in the ink after voting at a polling station during the third day of a referendum on constitutional amendments, at a school in shamma village in the northern Nile delta province of Menoufia, on April 22, 2019. Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP
Egyptian people show their inked hands after voting at a polling station during the third day of a referendum on constitutional amendments, at a school in shamma village in the northern Nile delta province of Menoufia, on April 22, 2019. Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP
Egyptian officials count the ballots at a polling station in a school of the village of Shebin El Kom in the northern Nile delta province of Menoufia, on April 22, 2019, after the third day of a referendum on constitutional amendments. MOHAMED EL-SHAHED / AFP
Egyptians pose for a picture with a newspaper front page and a poster of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi outside a school in the second city of Alexandria during voting in a referendum on constitutional amendments on the first day of the three-day poll, on April 20, 2019. Tarek ABDEL HAMID / AFP
An Egyptian man dances with a national flag as others play musical instruments while walking in a procession outside a school in the second city of Alexandria, during voting in a referendum on constitutional amendments. Tarek ABDEL HAMID / AFP
Egyptian people show their inked hands after voting at a polling station during the third day of a referendum on constitutional amendments, at a school in shamma village in the northern Nile delta province of Menoufia, on April 22, 2019. Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP
Egyptian people show their inked hands after voting at a polling station during the third day of a referendum on constitutional amendments, at a school in shamma village in the northern Nile delta province of Menoufia, on April 22, 2019. Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP
Chief of the National Elections Commission (NEC) Lashin Ibrahim (C) speaks during a press conference in the Egyptian capital Cairo on April 23, 2019 to announce the result of the referendum extending the rule of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Egypt referendum extending Sisi rule passed with 88.83% of vote. MOHAMED EL-SHAHED / AFP
Chief of the National Elections Commission (NEC) Lashin Ibrahim (C) speaks during a press conference in the Egyptian capital Cairo on April 23, 2019 to announce the result of the referendum extending the rule of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Egypt referendum extending Sisi rule passed with 88.83% of vote. MOHAMED EL-SHAHED / AFP
Members of the National Elections Commission (NEC) pose for a picture during a press conference in the Egyptian capital Cairo on April 23, 2019 to announce the result of the referendum extending the rule of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Egypt referendum extending Sisi rule passed with 88.83% of vote. MOHAMED EL-SHAHED / AFP
Members of the National Elections Commission (NEC) pose for a picture during a press conference in the Egyptian capital Cairo on April 23, 2019 to announce the result of the referendum extending the rule of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Egypt referendum extending Sisi rule passed with 88.83% of vote. MOHAMED EL-SHAHED / AFP
An man Egyptian casts his ballot with a child at a polling station during the third day of a referendum on constitutional amendments, at a school in shamma village in the northern Nile delta province of Menoufia, on April 22, 2019. Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP
An man Egyptian casts his ballot with a child at a polling station during the third day of a referendum on constitutional amendments, at a school in shamma village in the northern Nile delta province of Menoufia, on April 22, 2019. Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP
An Egyptian person puts a finger in the ink after voting at a polling station during the third day of a referendum on constitutional amendments, at a school in shamma village in the northern Nile delta province of Menoufia, on April 22, 2019. Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP
An Egyptian person puts a finger in the ink after voting at a polling station during the third day of a referendum on constitutional amendments, at a school in shamma village in the northern Nile delta province of Menoufia, on April 22, 2019. Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP
Egyptian people show their inked hands after voting at a polling station during the third day of a referendum on constitutional amendments, at a school in shamma village in the northern Nile delta province of Menoufia, on April 22, 2019. Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP
Egyptian people show their inked hands after voting at a polling station during the third day of a referendum on constitutional amendments, at a school in shamma village in the northern Nile delta province of Menoufia, on April 22, 2019. Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP
Egyptian officials count the ballots at a polling station in a school of the village of Shebin El Kom in the northern Nile delta province of Menoufia, on April 22, 2019, after the third day of a referendum on constitutional amendments. MOHAMED EL-SHAHED / AFP
Egyptian officials count the ballots at a polling station in a school of the village of Shebin El Kom in the northern Nile delta province of Menoufia, on April 22, 2019, after the third day of a referendum on constitutional amendments. MOHAMED EL-SHAHED / AFP
Egyptians pose for a picture with a newspaper front page and a poster of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi outside a school in the second city of Alexandria during voting in a referendum on constitutional amendments on the first day of the three-day poll, on April 20, 2019. Tarek ABDEL HAMID / AFP
Egyptians pose for a picture with a newspaper front page and a poster of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi outside a school in the second city of Alexandria during voting in a referendum on constitutional amendments on the first day of the three-day poll, on April 20, 2019. Tarek ABDEL HAMID / AFP
An Egyptian man dances with a national flag as others play musical instruments while walking in a procession outside a school in the second city of Alexandria, during voting in a referendum on constitutional amendments. Tarek ABDEL HAMID / AFP
An Egyptian man dances with a national flag as others play musical instruments while walking in a procession outside a school in the second city of Alexandria, during voting in a referendum on constitutional amendments. Tarek ABDEL HAMID / AFP

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