Egypt's presidential frontrunner Sisi cautious on energy subsidies


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  • Wednesday, 07 May 2014

An Egyptian man on horse cart rides past a huge banner for Egypt's former army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in downtown Cairo, May 6, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

CAIRO (Reuters) - Former Egyptian army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who is expected to win a presidential election this month, said in a television interview broadcast on Tuesday that costly energy subsidies could not be lifted quickly.

"The subsidies can't be removed suddenly ... People will not tolerate that," Sisi told CBC and ONTV.

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