07.01.2013
• Army gives politicians 48 hours to settle crisis
• Military helicopters tow national flags across Cairo skies
• Up to five ministers resign from Morsi's government
• Health ministry says 16 killed and hundreds wounded
• Muslim Brotherhood's offices targeted as police stand by
• Defiant Morsi dismisses call for his removal
Thousands of people joined protests across Egypt
calling for president Morsi to resign on the first anniversary
of his inauguration. In Cairo up to 500,000 protesters
swelled Tahrir Square calling for Morsi's removal.
Security sources said that at least seven people were killed
and more than 600 wounded.
The main headquarters of President Mohammed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood
was also firebombed
Armed Forces asserts the following:
The Armed Forces will not take part in the policy
making and will not accept a role outside
of the democratic framework set by the people.
The nation’s national security is under threat following
the latest developments, each side should exhibit responsibility.
The Armed Forces had previously expected this instability,
had given a week for the various forces to reach consensus
and end the crisis, but this week passed with no action,
which led the people to go on the streets,
to express their freedom in a manner that impressed
the local and international community.
Wasting more time will not result except
in more polarization and conflict. The people of Egypt
have suffered for so long with no one to save them.
Accordingly, the Armed Forces feels obligated to embrace
the will of the people who proved
they are able to do the impossible.
The Armed Forces renews its call and give the political forces
a 48 hour ultimatum as a last chance to carry
the burdens of this historic situation
that the nation is going through.
The Armed Forces calls upon everyone that
if the people’s demands aren’t set within the timeframe,
based on its historic and national obligation
it will have to declare a roadmap and procedures
that oversee to include all mainstreams including the youth
who started this glorious revolution without excluding anyone.
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