Morsi Says 'I'm Egypt's Elected President', Calls for Defending 'Legitimacy'
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Mohamed Morsi, who was ousted by the army on Wednesday after a week of bloodshed and massive protests, insisted he remained Egypt's president in an amateur video recording posted on the Internet.
"I am the elected president of Egypt," the Islamist politician said in the video uploaded to YouTube.
"It is now demanded of the people to defend this legitimacy and... for legitimacy to be constitutional," he added in reference to his election a year ago and a constitutional referendum in December.
Earlier, Morsi's office rejected the army's move as "illegal" and called on Egyptians to peacefully resist the "coup."
04 July 2013, 00:37
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Ya khawaga... You cannot force your middle ages constitution on a people who likes to dance and sing and smoke chicha... Go to kabul, you have more chance there.
04 July 2013, 00:44
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So Hamad and Morsi both got dropped like flies and Assad is still standing. Oh the irony.
04 July 2013, 04:14
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Erdogan's Turkey has been pursuing new Ottomanism under the cover of "Pan-Islamism". Turkish-executed and Neo-Con-supported international invasion of Syria by Islamic extremists and terrorists is already more than two years old. While the U.S. Russia, France, Britain, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Iran and others are actively competing for their respective national interests, Turkey has been quietly seeking the creation of the New Turkish Ottoman Empire. Like I've said before, same people different era.
04 July 2013, 05:14
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Vincent you are confiscating the Syrian revolution from the Syrian people. The revolution started with the Syrian people demonstrating for over 6months peacefully. Yet the government forces and the shariah were firing and making thousands of victims and prisoners. Islamists supported by other countries became involved in the fight after that. However, one should not deny the Syrian people their right for freedom and their rejection of one of the worst tyrannical regime on earth. If Assad has accepted to step aside allowing for a democratic government to be elected Syria would have been spared for the fightings and the invasion of Islamists.
04 July 2013, 05:07
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It is just amazing how Egypt has given a remarkable lesson of democracy to the Arab world. At the same time Political Islam has been weakened dramatically. This shows that whatever the religion and the background, people will want moderation and freedom.
04 July 2013, 05:32
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Assad said that Political Islam died in Egypt, then the allegations that if he falls the Islamist extremists will rule Syria have died too.
