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"Last Generation Forums" :: News Services :: World Watch Daily :: Egypt braces for new showdown  Author Topic: Egypt braces for new showdown (Read 1 time) Michael James Stone Administrator Site-Administrator member isonline   Joined: May 2012 Gender: Male Posts: 831 Egypt braces for new showdown « Thread Started Today at 4:40am »    Egypt braces for new showdown between Islamists and military Egypt is braced for a major confrontation between the country’s Islamist president and military after the generals vowed to uphold a Constitutional Court ruling disbanding parliament. A supporter of Egypt's first Islamist President Mohamed Mursi cheers with a poster of Mursi at Tahrir Square in Cairo Photo: Reuters By Adrian Blomfield, Middle East Correspondent 7:29PM BST 09 Jul 2012 Sacked MPs vowed to force their way through a security cordon in a bid to re-open parliament on Tuesday despite a hardline statement from the military. In what was seen as a warning to President Mohammed Morsi, the military said it expected everyone to respect constitution The military said it “was confident all institutions of state will respect constitutional decrees,” adding “the importance of the sovereignty of law and the constitution” to protect the state. The Constitutional Court upheld its dissolution of parliament, escalating a power struggle between Mohammed Morsi, the new president, and Egypt’s generals. The showdown represents an attempt by Morsi to reclaim much of the authority shorn from him by his military rivals, who claimed legislative power for themselves just before he took office ten days ago. Egypt supreme court freezes Morsi parliament decree 10 Jul 2012 Egypt politicians defy supreme court as parliament convenes 10 Jul 2012 What will Muslim Brotherhood's election mean for Egypt's women and minorities? 04 Jul 2012 Morsi: From Cairo to California and back 30 Jun 2012 Egypt's President Morsi takes oath in Tahrir Square 29 Jun 2012 Nazir-Ali: How Mohammed Morsi interprets Sharia law will be crucial 30 Jun 2012 Its outcome could dictate Egypt’s immediate future. In an open challenge to the generals, Mr Morsi on Sunday ordered parliament, which is dominated by fellow members of the Muslim Brotherhood, to reconvene despite a court order, made at the military’s behest, for it to dissolve. Despite the Supreme Court ruling that the decision was “final”, Mr Morsi’s office insisted that there was no legal bar to parliament meeting. “We affirm that there is no confrontation with the judiciary and the decision respects the verdict of the constitution court,” said Yasser Ali, a presidential aide. Saad al-Katatni, parliament’s Islamist speaker, said he had issued an order for MPs to gather in parliament at noon, despite the building’s doors being sealed and heavily guarded. Amid rumours that a compromise was being negotiated, there were signs that the military would seek to avoid violence. A number of soldiers outside the parliament buildings appeared to have been withdrawn last night and no efforts were made to prevent one MP from going inside. Guards who remained said they would not stop other members from entering. There were also efforts to stage a public demonstration of unity as Mr Morsi and Field Marshal Mohammed Tantawi, the leader of Egypt’s military council, attended a karate demonstration by cadets. The two men appeared jovial chatting and joking with each other. In an effort to draw the sting from his challenge, Mr Morsi has promised that parliament would only sit for as long as it takes to draw up a new constitution and would not complete a full term. Whether such a gesture would be acceptable for the military, which sees itself as guardians of Egypt’s secular heritage and which hoped to oversee the drafting of a new constitution itself, is far from clear. The military’s move to dissolve parliament, seen as an attempt from preventing the Muslim Brotherhood wielding both legislative and presidential power, was likened by many Egyptians to a coup. But the Muslim Brotherhood’s attempts to outmanoeuvre the generals have divided Egyptians, with some secular MPs accusing Mr Morsi of flouting the law and threatening to boycott parliament if it reconvenes.   Report to Mod - Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged

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