Egypt's Mursi called "pharaoh" for seizing new powers

News Manager

Milforums News Bot
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi's decree exempting all his decisions from legal challenge until a new parliament was elected caused fury amongst his opponents on Friday who accused him of being the new Hosni Mubarak and hijacking the revolution. Mursi's aides said the decree was to speed up a protracted transition that has been hindered by legal obstacles but Mursi's rivals were quick to condemn him as a new autocratic pharaoh who wanted to impose his Islamist vision on Egypt. ...




More...
 
Back
Top