EGYPT: Thousands of supporters of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi continue their rally in the capital after a dramatic statement by the army that gives the premier 48 hours to share power

Record ID: 213997

  • Title: EGYPT: Thousands of supporters of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi continue their rally in the capital after a dramatic statement by the army that gives the premier 48 hours to share power
  • Date: 1st July 2013
  • Summary: NASR CITY, CAIRO, EGYPT (JULY 1, 2013) (REUTERS) WIDE OF SUPPORTERS OF EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT MOHAMED MURSI CHANTING GATHERED IN THE RABA EL-ADWYIA MOSQUE SQUARE IN THE SUBURB OF NASR CITY VEILED WOMAN WAVING EGYPTIAN FLAG MORE OF MURSI SUPPORTERS IN RALLY REPRESENTATIVES OF VARIOUS ISLAMIST PARTIES ON STAGE LEADING PRO-MURSI SUPPORTERS HEAD OF ASALAH PARTY, EHAB SHEHA, (LEFT) AND MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD LEADER MOHAMED EL-BELTAGY (THIRD FROM RIGHT) SEATED ON STAGE WOMAN TALKING TO MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD LEADER MOHAMED EL-BELTAGY (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) HEAD OF ASALAH PARTY, EHAB SHEHA, SAYING: "General Sisi's statement today partly ignored the will of the people here in Raba Square and in other cities, as well as many other movements that we will see cross the country to support legitimacy. The statement should have addressed all movements expressing the will of the people, not just in one place over another." MEMBERS OF VARIOUS ISLAMIST MOVEMENTS AT RALLY WIDE OF MURSI SUPPORTERS IN SQUARE DURING CALL FOR PRAYER MORE OF SUPPORTERS IN FRONT OF STAGE PEOPLE PRAYING MAN CRYING DURING PRAYER PEOPLE PRAYING
  • Embargoed: 16th July 2013 13:00
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  • Location: Egypt
  • Country: Egypt
  • Topics: Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA9WXW4XGEOIS9U8NMR7UIJXA0P
  • Story Text: Thousands of supporters of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi maintained their sit-in at the Raba El-Adwyia mosque square in the suburb of Nasr City, in Cairo on Monday evening (July 1).
    Demonstrators were chanting and waving the Egyptian flag despite a dramatic military statement broadcast on state television that declared the nation was in danger.
    The ultimatum said the army would impose its own road map if the government and opposition failed to resolve the country's political crisis, giving feuding politicians 48 hours to compromise.
    Pro-Mursi demonstrators maintain the premier's legitimacy as the country's first democratically elected President.
    While some Mursi's backers were furious at the military statement, others maintained a diplomatic tone.

    "General Sisi's statement today partly ignored the will of the people here in Raba Square and in other cities, as well as many other movements that we will see cross the country to support legitimacy," the head of Islamist Asalah Party, Ehab Sheha told Reuters TV.

    "The statement should have addressed all movements expressing the will of the people, not just in one place over another," he added.
    Egypt's main opposition bloc said on Monday the army statement did not reflect a desire by the military to take power. The National Salvation Front said in a statement that it showed that the army respected the "principles of democracy and the will of the nation as a source of power".
    The group of liberals and leftists, which counts Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei among its leaders, called on Egyptians to continue peaceful protests across the country.
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