Tamarod condemns Egypt's interim charter as dictatorial
Iran Press TV
Tue Jul 9, 2013 2:54PM GMT
Egypt's opposition Tamarod movement has dismissed the country's interim charter as "dictatorial," criticizing the temporary constitution for giving too many powers to president.
"It is impossible to accept the (constitutional declaration - CD) because it founds a new dictatorship,” the group stated on its official Twitter account on Tuesday.
On Monday, Egypt's interim President Adly Mansour adopted a temporary constitution outlining the president's powers. The declaration also lays out a timetable for the transition, which is to last around six months until a presidential election is held.
However, Tamarod, which initiated the protests that led to the ouster of former president Mohamed Morsi, described the declaration as a "setback for the revolution."
The group argued that the document has granted the president too many powers, saying it would later submit an amendment to the declaration to Mansour.
Meanwhile, Muslim Brotherhood officials in Egypt have rejected the interim president’s plan for constitutional changes and new elections in the following year.
Morsi was unseated by the military on July 3, and the Chief Justice of Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court, Adly Mansour, was sworn in the next day as the interim president of Egypt.
Since last week, the North African country has been the scene of rival rallies and clashes between thousands of supporters and opponents of the ousted president.
On Monday, at least 51 people, mostly Morsi supporters, were killed in clashes with the security forces outside the Republican Guard barracks in Cairo.
The development came after the army opened fire on supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood in the capital, prompting the Brotherhood to call for an uprising against the military.
The Brotherhood censured the ouster of Morsi as a “Military Coup.”
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