(Newswire.net — July 3, 2013) Portland, OR — Morsi had been secluded in a barracks denouncing the “coup” that stripped him of power. This after being in power less than a year when he was elected in Egypt’s first free democratic election.
Morsi’s fall from grace continues to show the political instability of the region. His removal is just another twist in the politics of Arab world.
Declaring a people’s mandate, millions have protested against the political turmoils and economic stagnation under the Muslim Brotherhood.
It has been reported that at least four died during the coup.
Armed forces General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said that the security forces would maintain order but there have been clashes between rival factions in the weeks leading up to this.
Sisi had repeatedly tried to persuade Morsi to end the deep polarisation of Egypt’s politics. The president, he said, had “failed to meet the demands of the Egyptian people”.
Israel and the the United States will be watching to see if Egypt with it’s powerful army can stabilize itself and maintain control of the Suez Canal.
Morsi had been the first to take power since the Arab Spring uprisings in 2011.
Currently the plan is for the constitutional court to replace Morsi. This substitute government will rule until a new president and parliament are elected. However no time frame has been set.
Earlier, Morsi’s spokesman Ayman Ali said “It is better for a president, who would otherwise be returning Egypt to the days of dictatorship, from which God and the will of the people has saved us, to die standing like a tree.”
Spokesman of the Muslim Brotherhood said supporters were willing to become martyrs to defend Morsi.
“There is only one thing we can do: we will stand in between the tanks and the president,” Gehad El-Haddad told Reuters at the movement’s protest encampment in a Cairo suburb that houses many military installations and is near the presidential palace.
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