Thinking of Another Arab Spring? Forget It, Egypt's El-Sisi Says
- President says willing to pay with life for country’s security
- Speaks after opposition groups call for ballot boycott
Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi
Photographer: Sean Gallup/Getty Images
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Egypt’s president, in a thinly veiled warning to critics, vowed there won’t be another uprising against the government on his watch, and that he’d be prepared to pay with his life to make sure that doesn’t happen.
Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi’s talk turned tough a day after opposition leaders called for a boycott of the March election, in which he is competing against a supporter after other candidates were disqualified or dropped out.