Morsi vs El-Sisi, day of decision for Egypt

 

El-Sisi, Morsi rallies to face off Friday, Photo Ahram online

Cairo : This Friday may become the day of decision for Egypt as thousands of rival groups will be against each other on the call of Egyptian army chief El-Sisi, who was behind the Morsi’s ouster. 

Egypt’s non-Islamist groups have announced their participation in Friday’s protest against supporters of Islamist Morsi camp who has been in a long sit-in since Morsi was ousted.

 

Weeks of bloody clashes has killed more than 100 from both camps

This will follow weeks of bloody clashes between both camps and a gradual escalation in the military's rhetoric against violence. 

Egypt's army chief Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, who was behind Morsi's ouster, has called on Egyptians to give the army and the police a mandate to combat "violence and terrorism" via public demonstrations on Friday. 

El-Sisi’s call was welcomed by Egypt's main non-Islamist groups who have announced their participation in Friday's protests. 

Egypt's National Salvation Front (NSF), a grouping of the major liberal and leftist parties and movements, has called on Egyptians to take to the streets, reported by Ahram online. 

"Millions of Egyptians will take to the street to stress their unyielding rejection of bloodshed and terrorism from members of a political current who continue to reject reconciliation," the NSF wrote in a statement. 

The Anti-Coup Pro-Democracy Alliance headed by the Muslim Brotherhood accused El-Sisi of issuing an "explicit call for civil war."

 

The Brotherhood, responded severely against El-Sisi and accused the army of staging a coup against a legitimate, democratically elected president. 

The statement reads, "This speech is an incitement and a clear evidence of the state of confusion and loss of mind experienced by the bloody Putschists. It resembles Bashar Al-Assad's speech that preceded his war against the Syrian people where he requested a similar mandate".