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-- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20605134 BBC News Middle East 5 December 2012 Last updated at 14:34 GMT Egypt vote 'will go ahead' despite unrest - government Egypt's Vice President Mahmoud Mekki has insisted that a referendum on a controversial draft constitution will go ahead, despite growing protests. Rival protests are being held outside the presidential palace in Cairo, with clashes reported between supporters and opponents of President Mohamed Morsi. Mr Mekki said protests were not a way out of the crisis, and that the "door for dialogue" remained open. Critics of the draft say it does not do enough to protect political freedoms. Mr Morsi's opponents are also angry about a recent decree he passed granting himself wide-ranging new powers. In a news conference broadcast live on state television, Mr Mekki said the referendum would go ahead as planned on 15 December. "There is real political will to pass the current period and respond to the demands of the public," he said. "The door for dialogue is open for those who object to the draft of the constitution," he added. A spokesman for President Morsi said security forces had been ordered to show restraint and not respond to violence. Mr Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood movement has called on its supporters to rally outside the presidential palace in the the capital, to counter protests by opponents, some of whom have erected tents around the perimeter wall. There were reports of stone-throwing, and of Morsi supporters dismantling some of the tents. On Tuesday, tens of thousands of demonstrators besieged the palace, clashing with police who fired tear gas. Eighteen people were slightly injured in the brief burst of violence, the official Mena news agency reported. At one point, the security forces issued a televised statement saying President Morsi had left the building. Many of those gathered outside the palace, in the suburb of Heliopolis, chanted slogans similar to those directed against the regime of former President Hosni Mubarak during the uprising in February 2011. A sizeable crowd of protesters also turned out in Egypt's second city Alexandria. 'Rights unprotected' The BBC's Jon Leyne, in Cairo, says that this latest unrest adds a new twist to the already mounting crisis. President Morsi adopted sweeping new powers in a decree on 22 November, and stripped the judiciary of any power to challenge his decisions. He has also called a nationwide referendum for 15 December on a new constitution, which opponents say has been rushed through and fails to protect the rights of women and minorities. Mr Morsi, who narrowly won Egypt's first free presidential election in June, says he will give up his new powers once a new constitution is ratified. But his actions have brought tens of thousands of people, both his supporters and his opponents, out onto the streets in recent days. Several newspapers refused to go to press on Tuesday, or printed blank front pages, in protest at what they said was the lack of press freedom in the constitution. BBC BBC © 2012 The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read more. ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
