Protests against Egyptian president continue

Opponents of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi continued their protests in Cairo on Wednesday, requesting that he abolishes bills granting him vast powers.

Izvor: Tanjug

Wednesday, 05.12.2012.

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CAIRO Opponents of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi continued their protests in Cairo on Wednesday, requesting that he abolishes bills granting him vast powers. Islamist Muslim Brotherhood movement has called on its supporters to rally outside the presidential palace in the capital, to counter protests by opponents. Protests against Egyptian president continue Although the majority of protesters left the scene of the protest outside the palace in the suburb of Heliopolis over night, several hundreds have camped outside the palace, claiming they will not leave until Morsi abolishes the controversial decree and draft Constitution. Demonstrators banged on lamp posts and chanted "leave" in a thunderous show of force outside the palace not seen before, AFP has reported. Police clashed with thousands of protesters outside the presidential palace on Tuesday and Morsi left the building. However, he returned to work on Wednesday morning, his advisor told Reuters. Brotherhood Spokesman Mahmoud Ghozlan was quoted on its Facebook page as saying opposition groups "imagined they could shake legitimacy or impose their views by force". Leftist opposition leader Hamdeen Sabahy promptly urged his supporters to go to the streets as well, heightening the chances of confrontation between Islamists and their opponents, Reuters has reported. Police officers threw teargas at about 10,000 protesters who broke through barricades to reach the palace walls. 18 were protesters were injured. Facing the gravest crisis of his six-month-old tenure, the Islamist president has shown no sign of buckling under pressure, confident that the Muslim Brotherhood and its Islamist allies can win the referendum and a parliamentary election to follow, Reuters reports. Morsi’s decision to pass the decree temporarily expanding his powers and parliament’s decision to approve the draft Constitution which will introduce Sharia law sparked protests and clashes. Morsi’s opponents say that the draft Constitution will, aside from introducing Sharia law, limit human rights and religious freedom. (Beta/AP) Tanjug

Protests against Egyptian president continue

Although the majority of protesters left the scene of the protest outside the palace in the suburb of Heliopolis over night, several hundreds have camped outside the palace, claiming they will not leave until Morsi abolishes the controversial decree and draft Constitution.

Demonstrators banged on lamp posts and chanted "leave" in a thunderous show of force outside the palace not seen before, AFP has reported.

Police clashed with thousands of protesters outside the presidential palace on Tuesday and Morsi left the building. However, he returned to work on Wednesday morning, his advisor told Reuters.

Brotherhood Spokesman Mahmoud Ghozlan was quoted on its Facebook page as saying opposition groups "imagined they could shake legitimacy or impose their views by force".

Leftist opposition leader Hamdeen Sabahy promptly urged his supporters to go to the streets as well, heightening the chances of confrontation between Islamists and their opponents, Reuters has reported.

Police officers threw teargas at about 10,000 protesters who broke through barricades to reach the palace walls. 18 were protesters were injured.

Facing the gravest crisis of his six-month-old tenure, the Islamist president has shown no sign of buckling under pressure, confident that the Muslim Brotherhood and its Islamist allies can win the referendum and a parliamentary election to follow, Reuters reports.

Morsi’s decision to pass the decree temporarily expanding his powers and parliament’s decision to approve the draft Constitution which will introduce Sharia law sparked protests and clashes.

Morsi’s opponents say that the draft Constitution will, aside from introducing Sharia law, limit human rights and religious freedom.

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