Egypt's head of State Information Services resigns

Wednesday 18-12-2013 04:59 PM
Egypt's head of State Information Services resigns

Thge constituent assembly Chairman Amr Moussa (C) attends a news conference in Cairo December 15, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

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CAIRO, Dec 18 (Aswat Masriya) Chairman of Egypt's State Information Service (SIS) tendered his resignation from office on Tuesday, said the state news agency.

Amgad Abdel Ghaffar thanked his colleagues at SIS for their cooperation when he held office.

SIS was criticised for a banner hung in a press conference on Sunday promoting the new constitution that misspelled the word Egyptians and had images of foreigners rather than locals.

Three out of the five people on the banner that was supposed to represent Egyptians were foreigners as shown by Google image searches.

SIS has formally apologised for the errors in the banner in a statement saying that it was delivered hours before the conference as a donation from a non-governmental organisation.

Egypt will see a referendum on its constitution in mid-January.

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