AL-ERYAN TO AL-SISI: IT’S OVER, COUP FAILED, PEOPLE WON
Cairo, 20 Ramadhan 1434/28 Juli 2013 (MINA) – Essam al-Erian , vice president of the Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party, in addressing Defense Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, has said that the military coup has failed, and that the people have triumphed.
“It’s over,” he said. “The dream of the presidency and leadership over the country has evaporated,” he added, Egypt Independent reported as monitored by Mi’raj News Agency (MINA).
“The 25 January revolution was against tyranny, subservience to America, plundering the riches of Egypt, and begging from the Gulf,” he stressed.
He also said that there had been a year-long chance for the men of the “deep” state to comprehend the revolution, but that they have insisted on disrupting the path to democratization, then conspired to turn the clock backwards.
“In just one month, they have succeeded in convincing the majority of Egyptians and most of the world that the state will revert to the era of intelligence and security, corruption and murder,” he said. “And they have manifested it in the massacres that Egypt had never before seen.”
“They have returned to take revenge on the people who revolted after they were stripped of any initiatives to reform the July regime that was charted by the military,” he said.
“The question is, how long will it take Egypt to get rid of the legacy of domination, oppression, and a corrupt media and judicial system,” he said.
Egyptians stage pro-Morsi demonstration in Cairo
Thousands of pro-Morsi demonstrators, including members of the Muslim Brotherhood, gathered outside Cairo University on Saturday, waving Egyptian flags to show support for the incumbent president and the contested constitution.
On November 30, Egypt’s Constituent Assembly approved the final draft of the country’s first constitution after the ouster of dictator Hosni Mubarak.
Morsi is expected to review the final draft of the new constitution and put it to referendum within two weeks.
Demonstrators were carrying banners that read, “The Muslim Brotherhood supports President Morsi’s decisions,” “Yes to stability” and “No to corruption.”
“There are people who want instability,” one demonstrators was quoted as saying about anti-Morsi protesters, adding, “There needs to be a constitution for there to be stability.”
Supporters of the president also staged similar rallies in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria and the central Egyptian province of Assiut.
The pro-Morsi demonstration in the Egyptian capital comes one day after thousands of Morsi opponents converged on Liberation Square to protest against the president’s decree and the speedy adoption of the draft constitution.
On November 22, Morsi signed a controversial decree allowing him to “issue any decision or law that is final and not subject to appeal.” The declaration also prohibits courts from reviewing the president’s decisions.
The move drew calls for nationwide protests from opposition forces who branded the declaration as “a coup against legitimacy” and “a major blow on the revolution that could have dire consequences.”
Islamists stage pro-Morsi demonstration in Amman
Meanwhile, Ammon Voice of the Silent Majority website reported that the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood on Saturday night staged a demonstration in the capital Amman in support of deposed Egyptian President Mohammad Morsi, stressing that the latter remains the “legitimate” president of Egypt, and blasted what they considered a “military coup” in Egypt.
In a protest held in front of the University of Jordan Mosque in Amman Saturday night following Ramadan Taraweeh nightly prayers, hundreds of Islamists blasted Egyptian military leader Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, chanting “Out Out al-Sisi, Morsi is my president.”
General Supervisor of the Jordan Muslim Brotherhood Sheikh Hammam Saeed said in a speech before protesters that what is unfolding in Egypt is a “conspiracy scheme” against deposed president Morsi, carried out by the United States and Israel to topple the Muslim Brotherhood President.
“They [Israel and US] do not want a free Egypt that seeks to liberate Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem,” Saeed said.
Saeed emphasized that Morsi was democratically elected by the ballot boxes that represents Egyptian popular will, “he will continue to have the political legitimacy until his term concludes in accordance with the Egyptian constitution.”
Saeed denounced the Egyptian military attack on Pro-Morsi demonstrators in Egypt, which according to media reports exceeded 75 in the past 24 hours, expressing “They killed them while they were kneeling in prayer because they are free, because they combat corruption, and because they want freedom and political legitimacy.”
Protesters raised banners that read “Sisi’s rule is illegitimate,” “Listen you sleaze [al-Sisi], the blood of our brothers is not cheap,” and raised pictures of Morsi.
The demonstration caused a brief traffic jam in the vital street, with police directing traffic until the demonstration ended Saturday night.
Aqaba demonstration denounces Egypt military’s crackdown on Pro-Morsi supporters
Dozens of activists from the popular movement in the Red Sea port city of Aqaba in southern Jordan demonstrated on Saturday evening in support of deposed Egyptian president Mohammad Morsi.
Activists, who are close to the Islamist movement in Jordan, demonstrated in front of the Egyptian Consulate in Aqaba, and denounced the Egyptian military’s crackdown on pro-Morsi supporters in Egypt, which led to the death of over 75 in the past 24 hours, according to media reports and the Egyptian Ministry of Health.
Demonstrators chanted slogans against Egyptian military leader Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, describing him as the engineer of the “military coup,” chanting “Oh Pharaoh of this age, we will not let you burn Egypt,” and “Sisi Sisi meaning what, America is stepping on him and Israel loves you why?”
The activists raised placards with pro-Morsi slogans, and performed prayers on the soul of those killed in Egypt since the June 30th mass protests that culminated in deposing president Morsi and the appointment of an interim government by the military. (T/P03/E1)
Mi’raj News Agency (MINA)
