"The referendum (in 3 days) marks the 1st time Egyptians will vote since the country's first democratically-elected leader محمد مرسي (Mohamed Morsi)'s removal and is largely seen to be as much a public vote of confidence in General عبد الفتاح السيسي (Abdel Fattah el-Sisi) (who led a military coup last July to depose Morsi) as in the charter itself." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdel_Fattah_el-Sisi cc @question