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\"TankTanks are guarding the presidential palace in Cairo<\/span><\/div>\n

Egypt’s President Morsi has ordered the military to maintain security and protect state institutions in the run-up to a referendum on the constitution.<\/p>\n

The BBC’s Jon Leyne in Cairo says the move will raise fears that Egypt is moving back towards military rule.<\/p>\n

Mr Morsi has tried to calm days of protests by annulling a decree giving him huge powers, but a 15 December vote on a new constitution is to go ahead.<\/p>\n

Opposition leaders rejected the move and called for protests on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Islamist groups have said they will hold counter demonstrations, raising fears of further bloody clashes on the streets of the Egyptian capital.<\/p>\n

It is not clear if the opposition will boycott the referendum, our correspondent says, although that seems to be the implication.<\/p>\n

They say the body that drafted the constitution was dominated by Mohammed Morsi’s Islamist allies.<\/p>\n

In a statement after talks on Sunday, the opposition National Salvation Front said it would not recognise the draft constitution “because it does not represent the Egyptian people”.<\/p>\n

“We reject the referendum which will certainly lead to more division and sedition,” spokesman Sameh Ashour said.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, hundreds of opposition protesters gathered outside the presidential palace in protest at the referendum.<\/p>\n

They chanted anti-Muslim Brotherhood slogans and held up banners reading slogans such as “Morsi, hold back your thugs” and “The people demand the fall of the regime”.<\/p>\n

“The voting will still take place on the 15th and we are all here because we’re saying no, none of us want a cult to rule us,” said one protester quoted by the Associated Press news agency.<\/p>\n

Amid the rising tension, Mr Morsi ordered the military to maintain security and protect government buildings until the results of the referendum are announced.<\/p>\n

The new presidential decree is effective from Monday. The military is asked to co-ordinate with the police on maintaining security and is also entitled to arrest civilians.<\/p>\n

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

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

The president says he is trying to safeguard the revolution that overthrew Hosni Mubarak last year, but his critics accuse him of acting like a dictator.<\/p>\n

Mr Morsi’s decree of 22 November stripped the judiciary of any right to challenge his decisions and triggered violent protests.<\/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 former regime officials will go ahead.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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