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\"EgyptianThe army has reinforced its presence at the presidential palace<\/span><\/div>\n

Opposition leaders in Egypt are due to meet to co-ordinate their response to President Mohammed Morsi’s decision to scrap expanded powers – while sticking to a planned constitutional referendum.<\/p>\n

Halting the referendum is a key demand of the opposition and some have already dismissed Mr Morsi’s latest move.<\/p>\n

The president’s critics accuse him of acting like a dictator, but he says he is safeguarding the revolution.<\/p>\n

His supporters are due to gather in the capital Cairo later on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Strikes<\/span><\/p>\n

The opposition National Salvation Front is meeting on Sunday before issuing a formal response.<\/p>\n

Mahmoud el-Alayli, deputy secretary general for the Free Egyptians Party – a member of the NSF – told the BBC Mr Morsi needed to postpone the 15 December referendum on “this constitution which was prepared by an assembly whose legitimacy was and still is very questionable”.<\/p>\n

If the president refused, the opposition would call strikes across the country, Mr Alayli told the Newshour programme.<\/p>\n

“We are going to be on the streets in all the cities everywhere,” he said.<\/p>\n

However, Mohamed Soudan, foreign relations secretary of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party, said President Morsi was constitutionally bound to go ahead with the vote.<\/p>\n

The draft constitution was endorsed by a constitutional assembly dominated by Mr Morsi’s Islamist allies.<\/p>\n

The army has built a wall of concrete blocks to seal off and protect the presidential palace, which has been the focus of opposition demonstrations.<\/p>\n

The situation is as tense as ever, says the BBC’s Jon Leyne in Cairo.<\/p>\n

Mr Morsi’s decree of 22 November stripped the judiciary of any right to challenge his decisions and triggered violent protests on the streets of Cairo.<\/p>\n

Although the decree has been annulled, some decisions taken under it still stand.<\/p>\n

The general prosecutor, who was dismissed, will not be reinstated, and the retrial of the former regime officials will go ahead.<\/p>\n

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\"Egyptian\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

The BBC’s Shaimaa Khalil: “This is a major sign of compromise on the president’s part”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Egypt’s powerful military has warned it will not allow Egypt to spiral out of control and has called for talks to resolve the conflict.<\/p>\n

The president’s supporters say the judiciary is made up of reactionary figures from the old regime of strongman Hosni Mubarak.<\/p>\n

But his opponents have mounted almost continuous protests since the decree was passed.<\/p>\n

Several people have been killed in the recent spate of anti-government protests, and the presidential palace has come under attack.<\/p>\n

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":"

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