Listen to the protesters and resolve their issues or you will be overthrown, that is the message the army is sending to Mr. Morsi.

Al Jazeera reports from Cairo, Egypt


Army delivers ultimatum to end Egypt crisis
President Mohamed Morsi and opposition groups told they have 48 hours to calm protests, or face intervention.
Gregg Carlstrom 01 Jul 2013 20:22


Cairo -The Egyptian army has asked President Mohamed Morsi to resolve huge protests against his rule or face intervention within 48 hours, placing huge pressure on country's first democratically elected leader.

In a statement on Monday, the army called on all groups – opposition and pro-Morsi alike – to resolve the situation. "The armed forces repeat their call for the people's demands to be met and give everyone 48 hours as a last chance.

"The national security of the state is in severe danger", it said, adding that if there was no resolution the army, "will be obliged by its patriotic and historic responsibilities ... to announce a road map for the future and the steps for overseeing its implementation, with participation of all patriotic and sincere parties and movements."

It described the mass protests on Sunday that brought out millions of Egyptians demanding President Morsi's resignation as "glorious".

It said protesters expressed their opinion "in peaceful and civilised manner", and that "it is necessary that the people get a reply ... to their calls".


Hours later, the army insisted in a second statement that it was not carrying out a coup, and said that it would not be part of the government.

'Huge pressure'

Al Jazeera's chief political analyst Marwan Bishara said the statement undermined the authority of Morsi.

"For the army to give the president 48 hours warning, the army are saying who is the boss," he said. "Morsi is no longer the same president as this morning in the eyes of those on the streets."

He said the statement placed "huge pressure" on the president to resolve the protests, "otherwise we can expect army intervention".

"That could be taking over the streets or taking over the government. This message is to the president. This undercuts his authority."

Morsi was later photographed at the presidential palace in Cairo meeting the prime minister, Hisham Qandil, and defence minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.


Helicopters trail Egyptian flags over Tahrir Square, Cairo.

Hours after the army's statement, helicopters flew over Cairo's Tahrir Square, the cradle of the 2011 revolution, trailing Egyptian flags to cheers of the crowd below. A loudspeaker blared: "The army and the people are one hand".

Tamarod, the main opposition group that has organised the protests, said the army statement showed it was taking the people's side. It urged its supporters to stay on the streets and squares of Egypt until Morsi's rule was ended.

The presidency cancelled a news conference due to take place late on Monday, while there was no statement forthcoming from the Muslim Brotherhood.

The army statment came hours after five of Morsi's ministers resigned. They were the tourism minister, Hisham Zaazou; communication and IT minister Atef Helmi; the minister for legal and parliamentary affairs, Hatem Bagato; water minister Abdel Qawy Khalifa; and environment minister Khaled Abdel-Aal.

Tourism minister Zazou tried to resign last month after Morsi appointed Adel al-Khayat, a member of an Islamist party linked to a massacre of tourists in Luxor, as governor of the temple city. Khayat later quit.

Brotherhood HQ burned

Egypt's street have been filled with pro and anti-Morsi protests since Sunday. In the capital, Cairo, the official building of the powerful Muslim Brotherhood to which Morsi belongs, was set ablaze before people stormed and looted the building. The interior ministry said that eight people had been killed in the violence.
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Those are country with policy...... Nigeria we hail thee!, when shall our leaders listen to us too?

thats what happens when everyone thinks they know how to run the country, its a shame the army is making the president look like a toothless bulldog

Is Egypt overly democratic?

THE After effects of revolution. chaos and uncontrollable rebellion.
Remember the French revolution and the invention of gulliotine, even Robbespiere,a leader of the revolution wasn't spared.

The masses can never be contented. They would need a DICKtator---> like Stalin or Napoleon to restore normalcy in their country.

No peace for the Wicked

ezedolar: No peace for the Wicked

amen.

see how those invaders turned one of most important areas of Africa
(historically speaking) into Devil's playground.

I weep for the mummies.

that is a country where the people know they have the power, and final say...
we'll get there one day, naija.

I weep for this people. It will take decades for normalcy to return to that country. They had a dictator and revolted; now they have a democratically elected leader they are revolting and inadvertently inviting dictatorship again. The guy has only spent one year and they expect him to magically fix the economy after years of uprising.
If the military takes over they are doomed

In is simply a coup.Why should the military undermine the authority of their president?

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I believe we can learn from Egypt that violet revolution would not work, what we need is a systematic change and re-orientation of the citizens where leaders are held accountable to the resources of the public

So he is a democratically elected president, but the people of Egypt are rightly upset with morsi for increasin the influence of the Muslim brotherhood, who can be said to have links to terrorism, in his Government. Its just like Gej appointing Shekau to a cabinet seat or better still Shekau as the President appointing Kabiru sokoto and co as Ministers. I guess the Military would be religiously pissed talk less of the people,interesting to see how this scenario plays out in the end.Will the president be booted out? or will he call on the Muslim brotherhood for help thus leading to Civil war?

demo-crazy thats what happens finally when you have a fool as a president

In this man I see Buhari. The first Muslim to rule the land and see what happens.

Well, i don't support the actions of the soldiers. Theirs is to follow unquestionably. Well, lets see how it does end.

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The Egyptian military has got to be the best in Africa, they actually care about the people. During the Mubarak revolution, they dropped their weapons and sides with the people.

This Morsi is an Islamic radical, Egypt went from the hands of a dictator to the hands of extremists (morse & his Muslim brotherhood)

Part of his manifesto was to make Jerusalem the capital of the Arab world.

Interesting

Food for thought.. While Jonathan and his co. Were busy looting and feelin like a dicktator, they better be prepared in case this shiiit boomerangs..
When all is said and done, the last tin they need is a revolution..

Being an avid follower of Egyptian politics, it is obvious that the army knows how to control the country best.

*Kails*:


amen.

see how those invaders turned one of most important areas of Africa
(historically speaking) into Devil's playground.

I weep for the mummies.

Smart girl.
If you didn't highlight "one of",you would have ran into trouble.

What do Egyptians really want? If Mori is removed, I'm sure his supporters and Muslim Brotherhood will go back to Tahrir square to protest and ask the next leader to step down, they will continue running in circles. When Mubbarak was kicked out, they thought their problems were over, not knowing it was just the beginning of bigger problems. Dashed hopes.
Libya has not known peace since Gaddafi was killed, over 80,000 have died in Syria revolution/civil war, sectarian killing has become a 'tradition' since Saddan Hussein was hanged(although that was before the Arab spring).
This shows that revolution is not the answer after all. My fellow country men/women that are calling for revolution should please think twice.

Truly, The Arab spring has failed.

Muberak was a virtual dictator that ruled through fixed elections and banning oppostion for years and years.
The Egyptian people wanted freedom and overthrew him in 2011. The Muslim Brotherhood were part of that protest movement, and Morsi promised that if elected would bring about the changes the people were calling out for.

Instead he just pursued his own agenda and betrayed the principles of the revolution, and the people are back on the streets demanding that he leaves power and that their demands for more freedom and better rights and economy are met.

For example, the people wanted an end to Mubarek`s economic policies which didn`t benefit the majority of Egyptians, Morsi promised economic reform but instead carried on with Mubarek`s policies.

From mubarak to Morsi, who gon take the sit next?

egypt!egypt!!egypt!!!
I see scavengers
i look on

I didn't even bother to read the Post!!!

Pyrrho: that is a country where the people know they have the power, and final say...
we'll get there one day, naija.

Is Egypt the kind of country you want naija to emulate?
Smh.