Egypt’s presidential spokesperson said it is better for Mohamed Morsi
to die in defense of democracy than to be blamed by history. His
comments come as an army ultimatum to solve the ongoing political crisis
expires.
Morsi believes it would be better to die “standing like a tree,” defending the electoral legitimacy of his office, than to go down in history as having destroyed Egyptians’ hopes for democracy, Ayman Ali, the spokesperson said, as cited by Reuters.
Earlier, the Egyptian army issued a call to arms in a statement headlined "The Final Hours", which vowed to restore order as the country remains gripped by violent protests. The military brass said they were willing to shed the blood of "terrorists and fools" once Morsi refused to step down from power.
According to spokesman Ayman, Morsi refused to resign not because he clings to office for its own sake, but because he wants to “defend the democratic system.”
The Muslim Brotherhood, in their turn, declared the movement was ready to become martyrs to defend the president.
"There is only one thing we can do: we will stand in between the tanks and the president," Gehad El-Haddad, the MB official spokesman, told Reuters on Wednesday.
"We will not allow the will of the Egyptian people to be bullied again by the military machine."
The Brotherhood also refused an invitation to meet the armed forces commander on Wednesday, just hours before the military deadline for Morsi to surrender to the opposition demands or to quit.
“We do not go to [meeting] with anyone. We have a president and that is it,” Waleed Haddad, a senior leader of the Brotherhood’s political wing told Reuters.
Meanwhile, reports from Cairo suggest the military have taken over a state TV building.
Morsi believes it would be better to die “standing like a tree,” defending the electoral legitimacy of his office, than to go down in history as having destroyed Egyptians’ hopes for democracy, Ayman Ali, the spokesperson said, as cited by Reuters.
Earlier, the Egyptian army issued a call to arms in a statement headlined "The Final Hours", which vowed to restore order as the country remains gripped by violent protests. The military brass said they were willing to shed the blood of "terrorists and fools" once Morsi refused to step down from power.
According to spokesman Ayman, Morsi refused to resign not because he clings to office for its own sake, but because he wants to “defend the democratic system.”
The Muslim Brotherhood, in their turn, declared the movement was ready to become martyrs to defend the president.
"There is only one thing we can do: we will stand in between the tanks and the president," Gehad El-Haddad, the MB official spokesman, told Reuters on Wednesday.
"We will not allow the will of the Egyptian people to be bullied again by the military machine."
The Brotherhood also refused an invitation to meet the armed forces commander on Wednesday, just hours before the military deadline for Morsi to surrender to the opposition demands or to quit.
“We do not go to [meeting] with anyone. We have a president and that is it,” Waleed Haddad, a senior leader of the Brotherhood’s political wing told Reuters.
Meanwhile, reports from Cairo suggest the military have taken over a state TV building.
2 comments:
finally these ilegitimate terrorists friends of iran will be routed and ousted and the true will of the egyptian majority will be realized...once again the u.s. gov. will have to abandon a dictator and clamor to feign congrats for democracy realized...this same muslim brotherhood that recently scaled the wall of the u.s. embassy, ripped down the u.s. flag and
proudly displayed the black al qaeda flag...i dont think the morsi version of democracy is something we should get behind and slap on the back like the obama admin. has
i must add and remind everyone that because of low voter turnout and possible muslim brotherhood bullying and intimidation at the polls a year ago Morsi won with only 20% turnout...thats not exactly a mandate or democracy...im very happy for the Egyptian peaple and pray that they will at last have true democracy and the common man will have his Egyptian dream of prosperity realized..and damn the powers that be if they dont like it! :)
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