Controversial MP Mortada Mansour refuses to repeat offical oath properly in Egypt's parliament's first session. Mansour added that he does not consider the January 25 uprising a revolution.
During the first procedural setting of the Egyptian parliament where all MPs were swearing an oath, lawyer Mortada Mansour said the oath differently, without being asked to repeat it and stick to the text.
Mansour swore that he would respect the “articles of the constitution” instead of simply the “constitution.”
Earlier in the day, Egyptian Arabic newspaper El-Masry El-Youm videotaped Mansour heading from his house to the parliament’s headquarters in Downtown Cairo where he revealed his intention to change the oath while swearing in.
Mansour explained that the constitution has an introduction that pays tribute to both the 25 January 2011 revolution and the 30 June 2013 revolution.
“25 January was an uprising not a revolution,” Mansour stated. He added that he only believes in the articles of the constitution and not its introduction.
