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PRESIDENT MOHAMMED MORSI, Egyptian: I tell everyone from all colors of the spectrum, my brothers in the different political parties to come, to sit and put in place guarantees that we agree on together to ensure the fairness of the upcoming elections. MARGARET WARNER: But Michele Dunne doubts Morsi sees ...
Egypt's Morsi Hoped Violence Would Burn Out, Instead Spreads to More Cities
... the emergency law put in place will be applied, given the very sensitive history of this in Egypt. What's most important is that the Egyptian government respect the rights of all Egyptians to due process going forward. JEFFREY BROWN: Meanwhile, as thousands of Egyptians attended funerals, the Morsi government ...
... remains in the eyes of many Egyptians a very polarizing document. How does President Morsi plan or hope to overcome that divide? WALEED EL HADDAD, Egyptian Freedom and Justice Party: I would like to say that we have the first constitution in the Egyptian history that Egyptians went to the ...
... election, we can get a majority. If we do that, then we finally would be able to correct the path of the revolution, establish an Egypt that is focused on human dignity, guarantees of freedom. We do need that everybody around the world to stand up and be counted, frankly ...
... Read an unofficial English translation of the draft constitution.) "There's a lot of serious apprehension about this document," said ElBaradei. He added that many Egyptians "do not want the country moving into a theocratic state, or moving from one authoritarian system as of (former Egyptian President Hosni) Mubarak to ...
GWEN IFILL: In Egypt, although one side seems to have clearly won, citizens are still awaiting official results of the country's constitutional referendum. As the sun rose over Cairo today, opposition activists in Tahrir Square vowed to hold their ground against the newly approved constitution. MAHMOUD HAMMAM, Opposition Protester ...
An Egyptian woman casts her ballot during the second round of a referendum on a new draft constitution in Giza, south of Cairo, Saturday. Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images Despite a low voter turnout, Egypt's hastily drafted constitution received a majority of "yes" votes in the second and final ...
... Morsi and Islamist groups would have too much power if the proposed constitution is passed. Margaret Warner reports on what this referendum could mean for Egyptian democracy. ... MARGARET WARNER: Finally tonight, to Egypt. Egyptians will go to the polls tomorrow to vote on whether to approve a newly drafted constitution ...
A supporter of Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood holds a Quran, Islam's holy book, at a demonstration in Cairo on Friday. Photo by Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images. Rallies for and against Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi got violent in Alexandria Friday on the eve of ...
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