{"id":237241,"date":"2012-12-08T22:54:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-08T22:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2012\/12\/egypt-president-annuls-decree\/"},"modified":"2012-12-08T22:54:00","modified_gmt":"2012-12-08T22:54:00","slug":"egypt-president-annuls-decree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2012\/12\/08\/egypt-president-annuls-decree\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt president &#8216;annuls decree&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"caption body-width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/64654000\/jpg\/_64654541_64651948.jpg\" width=\"464\" height=\"261\" alt=\"Egyptian protesters outside the presidential palace, under a banner reading &quot;the people want to bring down the regime,&quot; Dec. 8\" \/><span class=\"c1\">Protests have been continuous since the decree was issued<\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"introduction\" id=\"story_continues_1\">Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has annulled a decree he issued last month that hugely expanded his powers and sparked angry protests, officials say.<\/p>\n<p>However, a news conference in Cairo was told that a referendum on a draft constitution would still go ahead as planned on 15 December.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Morsi&#8217;s critics have accused him of acting like a dictator, but he says he is safeguarding the revolution.<\/p>\n<p>He said the extra powers were needed to force through reforms.<\/p>\n<p>Since taking office, Mr Morsi has been at loggerheads with the judiciary.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The constitutional decree is annulled from this moment,&#8221; said Selim al-Awa, an Islamist politician acting as a spokesman for a meeting Mr Morsi held earlier with political leaders.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"cross-head\">Postponement call<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The president&#8217;s supporters say the judiciary is made up of reactionary figures from the old regime of strongman Hosni Mubarak.<\/p>\n<p>But his opponents have mounted almost continuous protests since 22 November, when the decree was passed.<\/p>\n<p id=\"story_continues_2\">They are also furious over the drafting of a new national constitution because they see the process as being dominated by Mr Morsi&#8217;s Islamist allies.<\/p>\n<p>An umbrella opposition group, the National Salvation Group, has demanded Mr Morsi rescind his decree and postpone a referendum on the new constitution due on 15 December.<\/p>\n<p>The crisis has deepened to such an extent that the army, long the dominant force in Egyptian politics, warned on Saturday it would intervene to stop Egypt from entering a &#8220;dark tunnel&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Several people have been killed in the recent spate of anti-government protests, and the presidential palace has come under attack.<\/p>\n<p>The Cairo headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood, the movement to which Mr Morsi belongs, were set on fire.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protests have been continuous since the decree was issued Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has annulled a decree he issued last month that hugely expanded his powers and sparked angry protests, officials say. 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