Human rights organizations: Amendments to the Constitution devoted to the tyranny and the power of the army in Egypt

Human Rights Watch and the International Commission of Jurists have confirmed that Egypt's proposed constitutional amendments support authoritarian rule and demanded that the Egyptian authorities withdraw it.

They added that these amendments undermine the independence of the Egyptian judiciary and expand the military's authority in political life.

Michael Bigg, deputy director of the Middle East and North Africa division at Human Rights Watch, said the amendments were aimed at "smashing Egyptian aspirations to live in dignity and under the rule of law."

The authorities must "immediately stop" their actions of hiding opponents and oppressing peaceful critics, with a view to passing those amendments by all means.

"These amendments are a flagrant violation of the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary in Egypt," said Said Benarabia, director of the Middle East division of the International Commission of Jurists.

And revealed that its adoption puts "the army above the law and the Constitution, and will strengthen the subordination of the judiciary and the prosecution of the executive branch."

This week, the Egyptian parliament approved a series of constitutional amendments this week that would allow incumbent President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to remain in power until 2030.

The amendments included the change of Article 140 of the Constitution, which extends the term of office from four to six years, and the text of the amended article that the President of the Republic "elected for six calendar years, starting from the day following the expiration of the predecessor, and may not hold the presidency for more than two consecutive presidential terms "He said.

The proposals also include a transitional provision (Article 241) stipulating that "the current term of the President of the Republic shall expire at the end of six years from the date of the announcement of his election as President of the Republic in 2018. He may be re-elected for a subsequent time."

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On the other hand, announced a campaign to invalidate the constitutional amendments in Egypt, the number of signatories electronically to half a million signatures, despite the attempts to conceal the Egyptian authorities accuse in conjunction with the start of the referendum outside Egypt.

The campaign said in a brief comment on its social networking site Facebook today, "Congratulations first text million # invalid."

According to another statement in the last hours, the campaign called for continued participation in the parallel referendum, confirming its support for the boycott and encouraging the participants to vote negative "No".

The campaign called on the Union to cancel the amendments by various means as "bringing the Egyptians from the spirit of a new revolution," as she put it.

The campaign was launched on 9 April and has been subject to numerous blocking procedures.