Egypt’s Morsi snubs coup threat

Islamist President Mohamed Morsi snubbed the Egyptian military’s ultimatum for the current leaders to “meet the demands of the people” until July 3 or the army will step in to restore order. The threat of coup comes as Morsi’s opponents camp out in Cairo’s Tahrir Square. Morsi’s government said it would continue on its own path towards national reconciliation, stressing that “the civil democratic Egyptian state is one of the most important achievements of the January 25 revolution,” referring to the 2011 uprising that toppled dictator Hosni Mubarak. Morsi’s supporters in the Muslim Brotherhood say that in defending him, they are defending the legitimacy of the first democratically elected president.


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