{"id":5842,"date":"2013-07-02T04:24:56","date_gmt":"2013-07-02T04:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/egypt-morsi-dares-army-rejects-ultimatum\/"},"modified":"2013-07-02T04:24:56","modified_gmt":"2013-07-02T04:24:56","slug":"egypt-morsi-dares-army-rejects-ultimatum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/egypt-morsi-dares-army-rejects-ultimatum\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt: Morsi dares army, rejects ultimatum"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Egypt’s presidency rejected an ultimatum issued Monday by the army and said it would continue with its own plan for national reconciliation.<\/p>\n

The army had warned Islamist President Mohamed Morsi it would intervene if he failed to meet the demands of the people within 48 hours.<\/p>\n

In a statement, the presidency said the army declaration, which had not been cleared by the presidency, could cause confusion, and the presidency would continue on its own path towards national reconciliation.<\/p>\n

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The statement denounced “any declaration that would deepen division” and “threaten the social peace” in the country.<\/p>\n

Morsi was consulting “with all national forces to secure the path of democratic change and the protection of the popular will”, it added.<\/p>\n

“The civil democratic Egyptian state is one of the most important achievements of the January 25 revolution,” the statement continued, referring to the 2011 uprising that toppled dictator Hosni Mubarak.<\/p>\n

“Egypt will absolutely not permit any step backward whatever the circumstances,” it added.<\/p>\n

Morsi’s supporters in the Muslim Brotherhood say that in defending him, they are defending the legitimacy of the first democratically elected president, who has only been in office a year.<\/p>\n

Monday’s army statement, which was read out on television, said: “If the demands of the people are not met in this period… (the armed forces) will announce a future roadmap and measures to oversee its implementation.”<\/p>\n

It received a rapturous welcome from Morsi’s opponents who have been camped out in Cairo’s Tahrir Square.<\/p>\n

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