Sisi pledges tougher laws

­CAIRO: A visibly angry Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi pledged tougher laws against militants and suggested fast track executions at the funeral on Tuesday of the state prosecutor assassinated in a car bombing.
Hisham Barakat died in hospital after a car bomb tore through his convoy in Cairo on Monday morning, the most senior official killed by Islamist insurgents who have bedevilled the country.
The attack, as Barakat was en route to his office, was a blow to former army chief Sisi, who won elections after ousting Islamist President Mohammed Mursi on July 3, 2013.
Barakat’s funeral coincided with the second anniversary of mass protests that preceded Mursi’s overthrow.
“The arm of justice is chained by the law. We’re not going to wait for this. We’re going to amend the law to allow us to implement justice as soon as possible,” Sisi said in a televised speech surrounded by Barakat’s mourning relatives.