Bishop Bola stated that the armed forces has ordered the renovation and rebuilding of 63 churches despite that the Church has submitted a list of 54 churches only. He added that the most stringent of people support the removal of Article 219 as it is discriminatory, and that he agreed to amend Article 3 due to pressure. He stated that “personally, I hope that Sīsī nominates himself for presidency” (Yūsuf Sha’bān and Peter Majdī, al-Tahrīr, Sept. 30, p. 9). This article is not available online.