Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi rejected early Tuesday morning a 48-hour ultimatum given by the army, throwing Egypt further into political turmoil.
The armed forces said Monday that political powers have 48 hours to meet the people’s demands or it will implement a “road map” for the nation’s future — an announcement Morsi described as confusing while vowing to implement his own plans for national reconciliation.
“It’s a continuation of the power struggle between the military and the presidency,” said Ziad Akl, senior researcher at Cairo’s Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies. “The Brotherhood believes that they still have political cards to play, that they still have tools that they can use to pressure the army.”
Akl said the presidency’s statement indicates Morsi, who comes from the Muslim Brotherhood, is buying more time for negotiations and that his political camp is doing its best to resurrect the pro-Islamic discourse.
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