Ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s supporters and detractors planned rival protests for Sunday as the two camps continue ongoing disputes about who should be named interim prime minister and the extent of religion’s role in the political sphere.
Both groups have reportedly called their respective supporters to the streets, sparking fears of renewed violence between Morsi’s impassioned supporters and critics, according to the Washington Post. On Friday, 36 protesters died due to military fire.
Morsi’s advocates demand that he be reinstated and insist that he was the nation’s legitimate leader, because he was elected democratically last year, reports USA Today. Morsi’s ousting, in their view, was a full military coup led by army chief Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi.
“Sisi betrayed us, all elections and all the people here,” said Mohamad Hafsy, a Morsi supporter. “People know it's a military coup.”
The generals who led the movement to remove Morsi insist that they were only acting as the people wished, after millions turned out to protest the President across the country over the past seven months.
“We are proud of our army,” said Jihan Spahi, 55, at an anti-Morsi rally in Tahrir Square. “It's protecting us.”
On Wednesday, army chief Al-Sisi announced a plan to suspend the nation’s constitution, dissolve the elected legislature and hold new parliamentary and presidential elections.
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