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2012-11-25
CAIRO, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Egypt's domestic divisions over a series of controversial presidential decrees continued to ferment as the nation's Judges' Club on Saturday called for a strike of all courts and prosecutors across the country. Morsi decided on Thursday to replace Abdel-Meguid Mahmoud with Talat Ibrahim Abdullah as the new prosecutor general.He also issued a constitutional declaration, which rules that all laws, decrees and constitutional declarations issued by the president since he came into office on June 30 are final and unchallengeable by any body.
Echoing the judges, civil groups led by former IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei, and ex-presidential candidates Hamdeen Sabbahi, Amr Mussa and Abdelmoneim Abul Futuh, said there would be no dialogue with Morsi until the decree is rescinded. "We refuse any dialogue with the president until he cancels the constitutional declaration," according to a joint statement read out at a news conference.Also opposing the decree, the Egyptian Supreme Council of Justice said on Thursday that the declaration launched an "unprecedented attack" on judicial independence, the official al-Ahram website reported.
At least three MB offices were attacked during Friday's fierce clashes across the country. The MB said some of the protestors who are against the decree were rioters, and did not respect the majority's will. Some 227 people were injured during the violent clashes at Tahrir Square between the police and protesters, according to a statement released by the health ministry, adding that some 45 injured are still in hospitals. A security source was quoted by MENA as saying that 128 police were injured in the clash, and so far 259 rioters were arrested in the recent incidents. The demonstrations also swept other provinces like Alexandria, Suez and Ismaelia, where clashes erupted between camps pro and anti president's decisions.
CAIRO, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Egypt's domestic divisions over a series of controversial presidential decrees continued to ferment as the nation's Judges' Club on Saturday called for a strike of all courts and prosecutors across the country. Morsi decided on Thursday to replace Abdel-Meguid Mahmoud with Talat Ibrahim Abdullah as the new prosecutor general.He also issued a constitutional declaration, which rules that all laws, decrees and constitutional declarations issued by the president since he came into office on June 30 are final and unchallengeable by any body.
Echoing the judges, civil groups led by former IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei, and ex-presidential candidates Hamdeen Sabbahi, Amr Mussa and Abdelmoneim Abul Futuh, said there would be no dialogue with Morsi until the decree is rescinded. "We refuse any dialogue with the president until he cancels the constitutional declaration," according to a joint statement read out at a news conference.Also opposing the decree, the Egyptian Supreme Council of Justice said on Thursday that the declaration launched an "unprecedented attack" on judicial independence, the official al-Ahram website reported.
At least three MB offices were attacked during Friday's fierce clashes across the country. The MB said some of the protestors who are against the decree were rioters, and did not respect the majority's will. Some 227 people were injured during the violent clashes at Tahrir Square between the police and protesters, according to a statement released by the health ministry, adding that some 45 injured are still in hospitals. A security source was quoted by MENA as saying that 128 police were injured in the clash, and so far 259 rioters were arrested in the recent incidents. The demonstrations also swept other provinces like Alexandria, Suez and Ismaelia, where clashes erupted between camps pro and anti president's decisions.
The MB aggrandizing power? Color me...shocked!
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