Muslim Brotherhood Rejects Mansour's Election Timetable

World | July 9, 2013, Tuesday // 17:48
Bulgaria: Muslim Brotherhood Rejects Mansour's Election Timetable Egypt's interim President Adly Mansour. File photo

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has rejected a timetable for new elections laid out by interim president Adly Mansour, saying it is illegitimate.

The group, which supports ousted President Mohammed Morsi, has called for more street protests, Deutsche Welle informs.

Essam al-Erian a deputy leader of the Muslim Brotherhood's political wing, the Freedom and Justice Party, used a posting on the social media web site Facebook on Tuesday to denounce the presidential decree announced just hours earlier, saying it "brings the country back to square one."

Erian added that it was now clear that "they are not just targeting the president but the identity and rights of the people, their freedom and democracy."

President Mohammed Morsi was ousted by the army last week after mass protests.

On Monday at least 51 people were killed outside a Cairo barracks where Morsi's supporters say he is held.

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