Egypt’s transitional government declares Egypt will have new President by November
Egypt’s transitional military government announced on Wednesday that the country will have a new President by November.
The polls will be organized "within a month or two" of a parliamentary poll already timetabled for September, spokesman General Mamduh Shahin told reporters.
He made the announcement as he unveiled an amended constitution incorporating changes endorsed in a referendum earlier this month which marked the first popular vote since former President Hosni Mubarak's overthrow.
Shahin also confirmed that a ban on religious parties inherited from the Mubarak-era constitution would remain in force.
Shahin already announced that a state of emergency in force almost continuously for the past 50 years would be lifted before the September parliamentary election.