The final version of the constitutional amendment proposal allows Sisi to rule until 2030

An Egyptian parliamentary committee on Sunday approved a final proposal to amend the constitution, including extending the presidency from four to six years, with the right to run for a third term, allowing Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to remain in power until 2030.

This came during a meeting of the Committee on Constitutional and Legislative Affairs in the House of Representatives on Sunday evening to discuss proposals to amend the Constitution, before the final vote in the Council next Tuesday.

The portal of Al-Ahram electronic newspaper (government) that the Committee approved the proposal to amend Article 140 of the Constitution, namely extending the mandate of the President of the Republic from four years to six.

The current Sisi mandate expires in 2022, the second and last, according to the current constitution.

The proposed amendment to article 140 stipulates that "the President of the Republic shall be elected for a term of six calendar years beginning from the day following the expiry of his predecessor's term and may not serve for more than two consecutive terms of office."

But the proposals include a transitional clause that states that "the term of the current President expires at the end of six years from the date of his election as President of the Republic in 2018, and may be re-elected for the next time."

"The Council will hold three meetings next Tuesday to study and discuss the constitutional amendments and the final vote on them," the council's chairman Ali Abdel-Al said during the session.

According to a five-year-old constitution, two-thirds of the 596 members of the council have to approve proposals to amend it in the final vote, followed by a majority vote in a popular referendum.

The proposed amendments were rejected by opponents of Sisi in Egypt and abroad, and launched a campaign to counter the amendments.

While the pro-Sisi movements and parties support the proposed amendments, amid growing disparate calls between the province or participation in the planned referendum after almost certain parliamentary approval.

The presidency did not comment on proposals to amend the constitution, but Sisi said in a televised interview months ago that he did not intend to amend the constitution, and would refuse a third term.

General Sisi has ruled since 2014, the year after the overthrow of Mohamed Morsi, the country's first democratically elected president, after a popular revolt toppled Hosni Mubarak.