Former air force chief and government minister Ahmed Shafik seen as strongest potential challenger for President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi in 2018 poll.
Egypt's government is dysfunctional, and constitutional reform is urgently needed to install a modified semi-presidential system. The president and other key elected officials should be limited to a single 5-year term and banned along with relatives from running again for 6 years afterwards, the heads of the main government branches should be elected in alternating years and 1/4 of all lawmakers should face election each year. For details, see the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development. §1.9 §1.10 §5.1 §6.1 §6.10