08 July, 2012
Source:rt.com
Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi has ordered the country's parliament to return almost a month after a Supreme Court ruling dismissed it. The military council has called an emergency meeting to discuss the president's move.
Morsi's surprise decision puts him at odds with the top military officials who enforced parliament's dissolution after the Supreme Court found that a third of the parliament's members were illegally elected.
The court declared that the Political Disenfranchisement Law governing elections was unconstitutional. The law concerns some provisions of electoral law regulating how political parties are able to contest parliamentary seats using independent candidates. The high court determined that the law discriminated against truly independent candidates.
The majority of the seats in the dissolved parliament belong to the Muslim Brotherhood. Until recently, Morsi had also been a member of this Islamist party, but he announced his resignation shortly after winning the presidential election.
The power struggle over parliament showcases the recent political dynamics in Egypt, where the military is trying to cling to power since former president Hosni Mubarak was ousted in January 2011.
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has yet to comment on the newly elected president's decree.
Morsi won the presidency in a runoff that took place on June 16-17. However, it took the election commission another week to announce the election's results.
During the week-long vote count, tens of thousands of Morsi supporters took to Tahrir Square in Cairo to support their candidate and to protest prolonged military rule.
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Monday, July 9, 2012
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Egypt democracy dependent on Morsi political skills
Jun 25, 2012
Source: Press TV
Egypt’s new President Mohamed Morsi has called on all Egyptians to unite and says the revolution, which ousted former dictator Hosni Mubarak in February 2011, will continue.
"I will be a president for all Egyptians," Morsi said just hours after he was declared the winner the Egyptian presidential election, adding that national unity "is the only way out of these difficult times.".
Earlier in the day, after days of delay, the Supreme Presidential Electoral Commission (SPEC) announced Morsi as the winner of the county’s presidential runoff.
Press TV has conducted an interview with Nii Akuetteh, African policy analyst from Washington, to further discuss the issue. The following is a rough transcription of the interview.
Press TV: International reactions are pouring in, as we’ve just reported. The US has expressed its desire for Morsi to continue with Egypt's past policies within the region. The new president is going to be under a lot of pressure now, isn’t he to do so?
Akuetteh: Yes, but the US statement also said that it wanted him to respect the right of all Egyptians and to govern them democratically. You are absolutely right; there are a whole lot of demands on him.
As I read the election results and the reaction inside Egypt itself, there are different groups. I think that he is going to have a number of things to juggle with, a number of pressures both internally and from the outside.
Press TV: A lot is not clear yet but Morsi has now said that he will continue to honor all previous agreements, and this is probably going to include the Camp David Agreement with Israel. How will this go down with the Egyptian people considering the Camp David agreement has been a source of dissatisfaction on the part of Egyptians and the Palestinian cause is very much close to the hearts of most Egyptians?
Akuetteh: I agree completely with you that that is on the minds of Egyptians. However, because number one, he wouldn’t be governor even with the constitution -- Egypt doesn’t have a constitution. The constitution assembly has been dissolved by the military junta and you don’t have a normal legislature.
Down the road in months to come and years to come when you have a functioning parliament, that is a direct will for the Egyptian people to put pressure on their government directly. Until you have that form of legislature and government, then it will just be what people say in the streets and newspaper and when they march. Then you will have different factions contending.
It’s going to be touch and go for a while until we have an electoral legislature and the military’s powers have been curtailed.
Press TV: We’ll get back to the question of the constitution but there are rulers at the moment that the Muslim Brotherhood is negotiating a power sharing deal with the ruling generals. There is no doubt that the new president will have to negotiate his way with SCAF, but what kind of agreement do you think they'll reach?
Akuetteh: That is hard to tell because I think both of them will keep their eyes on people in the street. I think that the military, the SCAF, would like to keep as much power as possible, but I also think that they understand they don’t have a mandate. Nobody has elected them and over 30 million people, the voters, the majority of Egyptians have just elected Mr. Morsi.
Therefore, I think the military will be careful about wanting to push him around. They like the keep power so in the negotiation I expected them to be keeping an eye on what the people are saying, how much they can get away with.
I will be watching closely to see what kind of deal they come up with. Of course, you know that there are a number of issues that they are fighting over, when Mr. Morsi will be sworn in and then the decrees that just came in allocating certain powers to him. A number of things they will negotiate and fight about and it bears watching.
Press TV: Morsi did make a lot of promises during his campaign and also in his address tonight. As you mentioned, there is no constitution in place and you said this will give very little space to maneuver, but just elaborate for our viewers a bit more about how much will he be able to deliver on some of the most fundamental promises he made during his campaign?
Akuetteh: Every leader in every country, their own political skills are important but especially in the case of Egypt now where, number one, you don’t have a constitution and a former government, and even the court is suspect because it was appointed by former President Mubarak. Then you have the SCAF.
Without those former institutions, I think a lot would depend on Mr. Morsi’s personal political skills. I think he has started well because yes it is true that he made a lot of promises but generally in elections that’s what politicians have to do.
People look at their promises especially in a place like Egypt where we are having real democratic elections really for the first time. What happened under former President Mubarak, nobody really took them seriously as elections.
The populace are going to look at what is he saying; he’s saying the right things. Today, when it was announced, Sunday, when his victory was announced, his certain speech, he also said the right thing, so that is good.
You are right in saying that politicians and leaders saying one thing and another, what they actually do is important. I’m saying, therefore, that his skills at negotiating, at appealing to people, at bringing people and forming coalitions, reassuring both internal groups inside Egypt as well as how he talks to the international community.
By the way, we must remember he got part of his education in the United States and he lived in the United States, worked for NASA and was a professor, so he understands the American system much better than most people will suspect.
Therefore, I expect him to deal with the international issues quite carefully. I’m not saying he won’t have challenges but he appears to have some very good political skills.
GMA/HGH
Source: Press TV
Egypt’s new President Mohamed Morsi has called on all Egyptians to unite and says the revolution, which ousted former dictator Hosni Mubarak in February 2011, will continue.
"I will be a president for all Egyptians," Morsi said just hours after he was declared the winner the Egyptian presidential election, adding that national unity "is the only way out of these difficult times.".
Earlier in the day, after days of delay, the Supreme Presidential Electoral Commission (SPEC) announced Morsi as the winner of the county’s presidential runoff.
Press TV has conducted an interview with Nii Akuetteh, African policy analyst from Washington, to further discuss the issue. The following is a rough transcription of the interview.
Press TV: International reactions are pouring in, as we’ve just reported. The US has expressed its desire for Morsi to continue with Egypt's past policies within the region. The new president is going to be under a lot of pressure now, isn’t he to do so?
Akuetteh: Yes, but the US statement also said that it wanted him to respect the right of all Egyptians and to govern them democratically. You are absolutely right; there are a whole lot of demands on him.
As I read the election results and the reaction inside Egypt itself, there are different groups. I think that he is going to have a number of things to juggle with, a number of pressures both internally and from the outside.
Press TV: A lot is not clear yet but Morsi has now said that he will continue to honor all previous agreements, and this is probably going to include the Camp David Agreement with Israel. How will this go down with the Egyptian people considering the Camp David agreement has been a source of dissatisfaction on the part of Egyptians and the Palestinian cause is very much close to the hearts of most Egyptians?
Akuetteh: I agree completely with you that that is on the minds of Egyptians. However, because number one, he wouldn’t be governor even with the constitution -- Egypt doesn’t have a constitution. The constitution assembly has been dissolved by the military junta and you don’t have a normal legislature.
Down the road in months to come and years to come when you have a functioning parliament, that is a direct will for the Egyptian people to put pressure on their government directly. Until you have that form of legislature and government, then it will just be what people say in the streets and newspaper and when they march. Then you will have different factions contending.
It’s going to be touch and go for a while until we have an electoral legislature and the military’s powers have been curtailed.
Press TV: We’ll get back to the question of the constitution but there are rulers at the moment that the Muslim Brotherhood is negotiating a power sharing deal with the ruling generals. There is no doubt that the new president will have to negotiate his way with SCAF, but what kind of agreement do you think they'll reach?
Akuetteh: That is hard to tell because I think both of them will keep their eyes on people in the street. I think that the military, the SCAF, would like to keep as much power as possible, but I also think that they understand they don’t have a mandate. Nobody has elected them and over 30 million people, the voters, the majority of Egyptians have just elected Mr. Morsi.
Therefore, I think the military will be careful about wanting to push him around. They like the keep power so in the negotiation I expected them to be keeping an eye on what the people are saying, how much they can get away with.
I will be watching closely to see what kind of deal they come up with. Of course, you know that there are a number of issues that they are fighting over, when Mr. Morsi will be sworn in and then the decrees that just came in allocating certain powers to him. A number of things they will negotiate and fight about and it bears watching.
Press TV: Morsi did make a lot of promises during his campaign and also in his address tonight. As you mentioned, there is no constitution in place and you said this will give very little space to maneuver, but just elaborate for our viewers a bit more about how much will he be able to deliver on some of the most fundamental promises he made during his campaign?
Akuetteh: Every leader in every country, their own political skills are important but especially in the case of Egypt now where, number one, you don’t have a constitution and a former government, and even the court is suspect because it was appointed by former President Mubarak. Then you have the SCAF.
Without those former institutions, I think a lot would depend on Mr. Morsi’s personal political skills. I think he has started well because yes it is true that he made a lot of promises but generally in elections that’s what politicians have to do.
People look at their promises especially in a place like Egypt where we are having real democratic elections really for the first time. What happened under former President Mubarak, nobody really took them seriously as elections.
The populace are going to look at what is he saying; he’s saying the right things. Today, when it was announced, Sunday, when his victory was announced, his certain speech, he also said the right thing, so that is good.
You are right in saying that politicians and leaders saying one thing and another, what they actually do is important. I’m saying, therefore, that his skills at negotiating, at appealing to people, at bringing people and forming coalitions, reassuring both internal groups inside Egypt as well as how he talks to the international community.
By the way, we must remember he got part of his education in the United States and he lived in the United States, worked for NASA and was a professor, so he understands the American system much better than most people will suspect.
Therefore, I expect him to deal with the international issues quite carefully. I’m not saying he won’t have challenges but he appears to have some very good political skills.
GMA/HGH
SCAF tried to hinder Egypt revolution
Jun 24, 2012
Source:PressTV
Egyptian protesters have remained in Cairo's Liberation Square, protesting what they see as a power grab by military rulers.
The results of the second round, which had been held on June 16-17, were originally set to be announced on June 21, but the ruling military postponed the announcement, prompting demonstrations, with angry protesters accusing the junta of manipulation and fraud.
Press TV has conducted an interview with Mohsen Saleh, professor at the Lebanese University, to hear his opinion on this issue. The following is a rough transcription of the interview which was conducted a day before Mohammed Morsi was elected as Egypt’s new president.
Press TV: Mohsen Saleh, let’s go back a little bit here regarding the last round of these votes. I mean are we to believe these vote results from the last round and then now from this round showing how close the race is in this case of course the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohammed Morsi and Ahmed Shafiq?
I mean everybody in Egypt pretty much does not want remnants of the former regime in place and here we have the last prime minister, former general, siding to be so close in terms of having the votes of Egyptians. Do you believe in these vote results? Are we looking at what many have said a delay in the announcement as something that has been negotiated rather than being counted?
Saleh: Absolutely what you have mentioned is exactly true and everybody probably one of the observers would say well what is going on in Egypt if the army, the military council is backing really the revolution then should take the step in order to announce the results promptly without any delay because the voters and the election show that Morsi is in advance of Shafiq and it is probably a reasonable result because of the majority of the people who voted for the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt during the council of representatives in the council of the people or Majlis al-Shaab.
The people in Egypt are scrupulous about the delay of this result and they think that probably the military council is really kind of [in] coalition with Ahmed Shafiq in order to bring the status quo into the political theatre in Egypt.
And that would flame the revolution because even if the Muslim Brotherhood are not convinced that they should go into a revolution while some of them probably, I heard your correspondent from Cairo saying that they won’t go to violence, of course they won’t go to violence but the Egyptians are not convinced that this kind of delay is without any aim, without a political aim.
If they want to go to a new rapprochement with the Muslim Brotherhood, then they should not really allow these violations from Shafiq’s team in order to destroy the whole operation, the electoral operation in Egypt and declare the real winner who is really Morsi and numbers show that Morsi is the winner.
Press TV: If we look at what SCAF has done, these ruling generals, really walk this through for us because I do not quite understand it. They come, they dissolve parliament and then they come and they issue this constitutional declaration giving them sweeping powers basically stripping the president of any authority.
I mean that is not what Egyptians wanted and basically you are looking at the ruling generals dictating to them which in essence brings about another dictator if Shafiq was to come into power with the ruling generals obviously ruling the country. That is what it appears, doesn’t it?
Saleh: Yes it seems so, you are absolutely right because when they dissolved the parliament and they issued a new kind of legislative declaration and probably they absorbed the whole legitimate power and authority from the council and from the parliament and from other parties and they declared themselves sort of a council dictatorship and they allowed the Ahmed Shafiq’s team to go and have the freedom instead of isolating Ahmed Shafiq and all these bunch of the Mubarak’s regime to go into the political life.
They allowed them to participate forcefully and tried to hinder the revolution from accomplishing its goals in order to create a kind of a new milieu, political milieu would assure people of social justice and of course cut all kinds of relations with the Israelis and the Americans and it seems to me that I have heard some news that the United States is paying about 600 civil associations in order to deteriorate the situation in Egypt.
I guess the military council should have this kind or they have this kind of information and they have already detained 19 Americans who have been found that paid money in order to make troubles inside Egypt.
I guess it is about time for the military council to sit frankly and really give the authority to the people and to Morsi and the real representatives, I would say to the Egyptians in order to create this new political environment and also create a kind of feeling of peace and tranquility in Egypt not to create this kind of volatile sensations inside Egypt. Everyday people go to the [Tahrir Square] and to the other squares and this would not bring Egypt into what the revolutionaries wanted.
They are bringing really a kind of chaotic intellectual scene I would say to create trouble in Egypt. For whose sake they are doing so?
Press TV: Mohsen Saleh, when we look at a third party it almost makes me point to the direction of what former US President Jimmy Carter said this past winter after the meeting he had with the ruling generals and he said that there is no intention by the ruling generals to relinquish power.
How much of an influence do you think United States is playing regarding the way that this has transpired in the past week to evolve to this point where they have made these moves such as the stripping the president of his powers and the declaration, dissolving parliament etc. I mean after all Ahmed Shafiq would be the preferred candidate for the United States, for Israel, wouldn’t it?
Saleh: That is true, that is what I am afraid of. The military council should show that the Americans and the Israelis are not part of this political game in Egypt and I guess there are parties in Egypt deserve to participate in the political life and I guess they are able to bring Egypt out of this dilemma and the crisis.
And Egyptians are really fed up with this kind of Israeli and American interventions and they have seen a lot of problems and spies and collaborators during Hosni Mubarak and after Hosni Mubarak and I guess the military it should be keen to see Egypt free of the Israelis and the Americans and should allow the Egyptians to create themselves or to recreate themselves in order to be part of this political matrix in the region and create a kind of relation with the resistance movement in Palestine, in Lebanon, with Iran, with Iraq, with Syria because I guess the Egyptian army paid a lot of blood and money and sweat in order to liberate Sinai and also the Gaza Strip.
I guess people of Egypt who paid this kind of price deserve to go into the arena and say it clearly that we want Egypt to the Egyptians. We want Egypt free of the Israelis and the Americans and “no” to Camp David and “no” to any kind of alliance with the West who are conspiring against this region from Afghanistan to Iran, to Palestine. What they have done to Palestine? What they have done to Gaza?
And it is about time I guess people even went to the streets in order to express such kinds of concerns, of problems.
AHK/HGH
Source:PressTV
Egyptian protesters have remained in Cairo's Liberation Square, protesting what they see as a power grab by military rulers.
The results of the second round, which had been held on June 16-17, were originally set to be announced on June 21, but the ruling military postponed the announcement, prompting demonstrations, with angry protesters accusing the junta of manipulation and fraud.
Press TV has conducted an interview with Mohsen Saleh, professor at the Lebanese University, to hear his opinion on this issue. The following is a rough transcription of the interview which was conducted a day before Mohammed Morsi was elected as Egypt’s new president.
Press TV: Mohsen Saleh, let’s go back a little bit here regarding the last round of these votes. I mean are we to believe these vote results from the last round and then now from this round showing how close the race is in this case of course the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohammed Morsi and Ahmed Shafiq?
I mean everybody in Egypt pretty much does not want remnants of the former regime in place and here we have the last prime minister, former general, siding to be so close in terms of having the votes of Egyptians. Do you believe in these vote results? Are we looking at what many have said a delay in the announcement as something that has been negotiated rather than being counted?
Saleh: Absolutely what you have mentioned is exactly true and everybody probably one of the observers would say well what is going on in Egypt if the army, the military council is backing really the revolution then should take the step in order to announce the results promptly without any delay because the voters and the election show that Morsi is in advance of Shafiq and it is probably a reasonable result because of the majority of the people who voted for the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt during the council of representatives in the council of the people or Majlis al-Shaab.
The people in Egypt are scrupulous about the delay of this result and they think that probably the military council is really kind of [in] coalition with Ahmed Shafiq in order to bring the status quo into the political theatre in Egypt.
And that would flame the revolution because even if the Muslim Brotherhood are not convinced that they should go into a revolution while some of them probably, I heard your correspondent from Cairo saying that they won’t go to violence, of course they won’t go to violence but the Egyptians are not convinced that this kind of delay is without any aim, without a political aim.
If they want to go to a new rapprochement with the Muslim Brotherhood, then they should not really allow these violations from Shafiq’s team in order to destroy the whole operation, the electoral operation in Egypt and declare the real winner who is really Morsi and numbers show that Morsi is the winner.
Press TV: If we look at what SCAF has done, these ruling generals, really walk this through for us because I do not quite understand it. They come, they dissolve parliament and then they come and they issue this constitutional declaration giving them sweeping powers basically stripping the president of any authority.
I mean that is not what Egyptians wanted and basically you are looking at the ruling generals dictating to them which in essence brings about another dictator if Shafiq was to come into power with the ruling generals obviously ruling the country. That is what it appears, doesn’t it?
Saleh: Yes it seems so, you are absolutely right because when they dissolved the parliament and they issued a new kind of legislative declaration and probably they absorbed the whole legitimate power and authority from the council and from the parliament and from other parties and they declared themselves sort of a council dictatorship and they allowed the Ahmed Shafiq’s team to go and have the freedom instead of isolating Ahmed Shafiq and all these bunch of the Mubarak’s regime to go into the political life.
They allowed them to participate forcefully and tried to hinder the revolution from accomplishing its goals in order to create a kind of a new milieu, political milieu would assure people of social justice and of course cut all kinds of relations with the Israelis and the Americans and it seems to me that I have heard some news that the United States is paying about 600 civil associations in order to deteriorate the situation in Egypt.
I guess the military council should have this kind or they have this kind of information and they have already detained 19 Americans who have been found that paid money in order to make troubles inside Egypt.
I guess it is about time for the military council to sit frankly and really give the authority to the people and to Morsi and the real representatives, I would say to the Egyptians in order to create this new political environment and also create a kind of feeling of peace and tranquility in Egypt not to create this kind of volatile sensations inside Egypt. Everyday people go to the [Tahrir Square] and to the other squares and this would not bring Egypt into what the revolutionaries wanted.
They are bringing really a kind of chaotic intellectual scene I would say to create trouble in Egypt. For whose sake they are doing so?
Press TV: Mohsen Saleh, when we look at a third party it almost makes me point to the direction of what former US President Jimmy Carter said this past winter after the meeting he had with the ruling generals and he said that there is no intention by the ruling generals to relinquish power.
How much of an influence do you think United States is playing regarding the way that this has transpired in the past week to evolve to this point where they have made these moves such as the stripping the president of his powers and the declaration, dissolving parliament etc. I mean after all Ahmed Shafiq would be the preferred candidate for the United States, for Israel, wouldn’t it?
Saleh: That is true, that is what I am afraid of. The military council should show that the Americans and the Israelis are not part of this political game in Egypt and I guess there are parties in Egypt deserve to participate in the political life and I guess they are able to bring Egypt out of this dilemma and the crisis.
And Egyptians are really fed up with this kind of Israeli and American interventions and they have seen a lot of problems and spies and collaborators during Hosni Mubarak and after Hosni Mubarak and I guess the military it should be keen to see Egypt free of the Israelis and the Americans and should allow the Egyptians to create themselves or to recreate themselves in order to be part of this political matrix in the region and create a kind of relation with the resistance movement in Palestine, in Lebanon, with Iran, with Iraq, with Syria because I guess the Egyptian army paid a lot of blood and money and sweat in order to liberate Sinai and also the Gaza Strip.
I guess people of Egypt who paid this kind of price deserve to go into the arena and say it clearly that we want Egypt to the Egyptians. We want Egypt free of the Israelis and the Americans and “no” to Camp David and “no” to any kind of alliance with the West who are conspiring against this region from Afghanistan to Iran, to Palestine. What they have done to Palestine? What they have done to Gaza?
And it is about time I guess people even went to the streets in order to express such kinds of concerns, of problems.
AHK/HGH
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood calls anti-military protest over bid to curb president's powers
3 hrs ago
By The Associated Press | Associated Press
Source:Yahoo News
CAIRO - The campaign of an Islamist who claimed victory in Egypt's presidential runoff says the Muslim Brotherhood and other political groups plan a mass demonstration later Tuesday to protest a military declaration seeking to curtail the powers of the next president.
Campaign spokesmen for Mohammed Morsi say the protest is planned at Cairo's Tahrir Square, birthplace of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak's regime 16 months ago. The protest is also to denounce a court ruling that dissolved parliament, where the Brotherhood dominated with just under half the seats.
One of the main liberal youth groups behind the uprising, April 6, said it was taking part in the protest.
By The Associated Press | Associated Press
Source:Yahoo News
CAIRO - The campaign of an Islamist who claimed victory in Egypt's presidential runoff says the Muslim Brotherhood and other political groups plan a mass demonstration later Tuesday to protest a military declaration seeking to curtail the powers of the next president.
Campaign spokesmen for Mohammed Morsi say the protest is planned at Cairo's Tahrir Square, birthplace of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak's regime 16 months ago. The protest is also to denounce a court ruling that dissolved parliament, where the Brotherhood dominated with just under half the seats.
One of the main liberal youth groups behind the uprising, April 6, said it was taking part in the protest.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Egypt military hits out at Muslim Brotherhood
12 hours ago
Aljazeera
Source: Yahoo News Maktoob
Egypt's ruling generals have lashed out at the Muslim Brotherhood over its questioning of the military's continued support of the cabinet, while urging the Islamists "to look to the future with the spirit of cooperation."
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces [SCAF] in a statement on Sunday expressed "extreme indignation" over Brotherhood comments that questioned its motives in supporting the government, which the Islamists accuse of stalling the revolution that toppled President Hosni Mubarak.
The SCAF also called "on all to be aware of history's lessons, to avoid past mistakes we do not want to see repeated, and to look to the future with the spirit of cooperation."
In a statement read out by Egyptian state television, it expressed "grave resentment" toward charges by the leading Islamist group that cast doubts upon "the performance and the patriotism of the government, the independence of the supreme constitutional court and influence on the neutrality of its verdicts". It said all such charges "are lies and biased accusations".
'Warning'
The SCAF urged the Muslim Brotherhood to "understand history lessons" in a veiled reference to the group's clash with late President Gamal Abdel Nasser shortly after the 1952 revolution.
The Brotherhood, whose political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party won a crushing victory in parliamentary elections, had issueda statement accusing the government of stalling reforms. It said the government's performance had been the "biggest failure", pointing to unrest, judicial interference, stalling of reforms, fuel shortages and dwindling foreign reserves.
In a statement posted on its website, the Freedom and Justice Party said the presidential elections due in May could be rigged to benefit a "certain candidate" it did not identify. It added that the party is studying proposals to field its own candidate, reversing an earlier decision not to do so.
The Freedom and Justice Party has been pressuring the military to sack the cabinet and appoint an FJP-led government.
But the SCAF, which took power after the popular uprising, has stood by the cabinet and its head Kamal Ganzuri.
"When we called for the resignation of the government, its head refused, and this was unfortunately supported by the military council," the Brotherhood said in its statement.
"If anyone intends to recreate the former corrupt regime with new faces, the people are willing to move in order to revive their revolution and protect their ship from sinking at the hands of people with no sense of responsibility," it said.
Last month, a lawsuit was brought before the supreme constitutional court arguing that the parliamentary election was unconstitutional due to its complex voting system.
The Islamists said they fear the military council could push through this lawsuit should they insist on Ganzuri's removal.
Aljazeera
Source: Yahoo News Maktoob
Egypt's ruling generals have lashed out at the Muslim Brotherhood over its questioning of the military's continued support of the cabinet, while urging the Islamists "to look to the future with the spirit of cooperation."
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces [SCAF] in a statement on Sunday expressed "extreme indignation" over Brotherhood comments that questioned its motives in supporting the government, which the Islamists accuse of stalling the revolution that toppled President Hosni Mubarak.
The SCAF also called "on all to be aware of history's lessons, to avoid past mistakes we do not want to see repeated, and to look to the future with the spirit of cooperation."
In a statement read out by Egyptian state television, it expressed "grave resentment" toward charges by the leading Islamist group that cast doubts upon "the performance and the patriotism of the government, the independence of the supreme constitutional court and influence on the neutrality of its verdicts". It said all such charges "are lies and biased accusations".
'Warning'
The SCAF urged the Muslim Brotherhood to "understand history lessons" in a veiled reference to the group's clash with late President Gamal Abdel Nasser shortly after the 1952 revolution.
The Brotherhood, whose political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party won a crushing victory in parliamentary elections, had issueda statement accusing the government of stalling reforms. It said the government's performance had been the "biggest failure", pointing to unrest, judicial interference, stalling of reforms, fuel shortages and dwindling foreign reserves.
In a statement posted on its website, the Freedom and Justice Party said the presidential elections due in May could be rigged to benefit a "certain candidate" it did not identify. It added that the party is studying proposals to field its own candidate, reversing an earlier decision not to do so.
The Freedom and Justice Party has been pressuring the military to sack the cabinet and appoint an FJP-led government.
But the SCAF, which took power after the popular uprising, has stood by the cabinet and its head Kamal Ganzuri.
"When we called for the resignation of the government, its head refused, and this was unfortunately supported by the military council," the Brotherhood said in its statement.
"If anyone intends to recreate the former corrupt regime with new faces, the people are willing to move in order to revive their revolution and protect their ship from sinking at the hands of people with no sense of responsibility," it said.
Last month, a lawsuit was brought before the supreme constitutional court arguing that the parliamentary election was unconstitutional due to its complex voting system.
The Islamists said they fear the military council could push through this lawsuit should they insist on Ganzuri's removal.
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