Sisi: Omri what lied .. Seven categories do you believe it?

Abdul Rahman Abu Al-Ola

"I am not a liar, even in politics," Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said in his speech on Thursday, not the first time he asserted that he was "sincere." Is Sisi really honest?

The answer to such a question may have a positive or negative opinion or impression, which makes reviewing several statements by Sisi over the past years and comparing them to reality a better, more accurate and professional option.

- Asceticism in the presidency
It may also be appropriate to begin with what he said in his recent speech that he had offered interim President Adly Mansour to run for president after he took office for a year following the ousting of President-elect Mohamed Morsi in July 2013, but Mansour refused despite Sisi's insistence.

In fact, El Sisi omitted that the 2014 constitution stipulated in Article 160 that "the interim president of the republic may not run for office, request the amendment of the constitution, dissolve the parliament, or dismiss the government."

This makes Sisi talk about Mansour's insistence on running for the truth, unless he wants to contravene the constitution just passed.

- I won't run
Since the general led the coup against his elected president in 2013, he has maintained that he is not an aspirant to power and that he will not run for the presidency.

In September 2013, armed forces spokesman Colonel Ahmed Ali confirmed in press statements that "General Abdel Fattah El Sisi, the defense minister, has repeatedly denied his intention to run for president."

Reality: Sisi has been president of Egypt since 2014 and possibly until 2030.

- Amend the constitution
Once Sisi was re-elected in 2018, there was much talk of amending the constitution to allow him to run again after his term ends.

Despite Sisi's assertion at the time, "I am not in favor of amending the constitution and I will never stay against the will of the people."

What is striking in the president's previous statement is also his assertion that he will not remain in office for "one second" against the will of the people.

- The removal of subsidies
To coincide with his candidacy for president in 2014, Sisi said in a television interview that he would not lift subsidies on services or goods until people sang.``I am not very fragile, '' he said.

Fact: Subsidies have been canceled or reduced, although official statistics point to an unprecedentedly high poverty rate in the country.

Detainees
The Egyptian president's talk with the Western media hardly passes until he confirms that there are no political prisoners in the country.

- Reality: Reports by international human rights organizations have always confirmed the existence of tens of thousands of political detainees since the 2013 coup.

Suffice it to mention political science professors Hazem Hosni and Hassan Nafaa who were arrested about a month ago, and activists of the January 25, 2011 revolution such as Alaa Abdel Fattah, Ahmed Maher and Israa Abdel Fattah, as well as thousands of members of the Muslim Brotherhood.

In addition to the former army chief of staff Sami Annan, who was arrested as soon as he announced his intention to run in the 2018 elections, and former head of the Central Auditing Agency Counselor Hisham Genena, and the head of the powerful Egypt party Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, who was arrested after talking to the BBC.

media freedom
In a televised interview with CNN in September 2015, Sisi said: "I don't want to exaggerate, but I want to assure you that we (Egypt) have unprecedented media freedom."

- Reality: There is a state of unprecedented repression of media freedom in the country by blocking more than 500 sites, and the arrest of about 100 journalists.

According to the International Federation of Journalists, Egypt is ranked 163 out of 180 countries in the freedom of the press, located in the dark region on the world map, and among the 20 countries on the black list that indicates the poor press conditions. In December, the IFJ report monitored the imprisonment of 25 Egyptian journalists in prisons in 2018.

- Fridge
One of the President's remarks, which was received with a mixture of astonishment and cynicism, swore his oath in one of his speeches: "By the great God, I sat for ten years.

Reality: No comment!