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10 December 2012 Last updated at 11:03 GMT
Egypt crisis: Morsi gives army arrest powers before vote
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.
The army has also been given the power of arrest.
Mr Morsi has tried to calm public anger by annulling a decree giving him huge
powers, but rejected a call to scrap the 15 December vote on a new constitution.
Opposition leaders rejected the move and called for protests on Tuesday.
Islamist groups have said they will hold counter demonstrations, raising fears
of further bloody clashes on the streets of the Egyptian capital.
In another apparent concession, the president suspended a big tax increase on
the sale of a variety of goods including soft drinks, cigarettes and beer.
The decision was carried in a statement that appeared on Mr Morsi's Facebook
page in the early hours of Monday, state-owned al-Ahram newspaper reported.
'Division and sedition'
As tension increased before Saturday's referendum, Mr Morsi ordered the
military to maintain security "up to the announcement of the results from the
referendum", AFP news agency reports.
The BBC's Jon Leyne in Cairo says the step will raise fears that Egypt is
moving back towards military rule.
Under the new presidential decree, the military is asked to co-ordinate with
the police on maintaining security and is also entitled to arrest civilians.
The police have been seen as weakened since the fall of former President Hosni
Mubarak and failed to intervene when anti-Muslim Brotherhood protesters
ransacked the Islamist movement's Cairo headquarters last week, correspondents
say.
An increased military presence was visible on Monday morning close to the
presidential palace, which has been the focus of opposition demonstrations. The
army has sealed off the area with concrete blocks.
It is not yet clear if the opposition will boycott Saturday's referendum. They
complain that the body that drafted the constitution was dominated by Mohammed
Morsi's Islamist allies.
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".
"We reject the referendum which will certainly lead to more division and
sedition," spokesman Sameh Ashour said.
On Sunday, hundreds of opposition protesters gathered outside the presidential
palace in protest at the referendum.
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".
"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.
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.
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.
Mr Morsi's decree of 22 November stripped the judiciary of any right to
challenge his decisions and triggered violent protests.
Although the decree has been annulled, some decisions taken under it still
stand.
The general prosecutor, who was dismissed, will not be reinstated, and the
retrial of former regime officials will go ahead.
Are you in Egypt? What is your reaction to President Morsi's orders to the
military? What do you think about the draft constitution? You can send us your
comments using the form below.
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