Al-Sisi is "ready to relinquish power" and threatens to send the army to "all the villages of Egypt to remove the infringements."
The Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, hinted that the army would send the army to "all the villages of Egypt" to remove what he described as "infringements," and said during the inauguration of a project in Alexandria governorate, today, Saturday, that he is ready to leave power if the people demand that.
Al-Sisi added as saying at the opening ceremony of the Mahmudiyah Canal Corridor project in Alexandria, in the presence of officials, including Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly: "If you want me to leave, I have no problem, but as long as there is a place for reform in front of me, I will stick to it and sincerely."
Al-Sisi's statement came in response to the anger of some residents after the removal of buildings and mosques, which the authorities say were built illegally on the main roads.
The Egyptian president added, "If people do not like this talk, let them hold a referendum and leave."
During his speech, Sisi warned of the danger of delaying the implementation of major projects, and said, "The state is absent before that, and it cannot be absent again, because if it is absent again, we will be forced to postpone (the projects)."
Al-Sisi added that "postponing the (development) projects will lead to the absence of Egypt for another hundred years."
"Either we stand and turn Egypt into a controlled state, or I leave my place and walk from here, and anyone else comes to take over the country and waste it and destroy it," he said.