Mohamed Morsi is committed to being the president of "all Egyptians"
President-elect Mohamed Morsi, the first Islamist to gain access to the highest office in Egypt, Sunday, June 24 promised it would be the president of "all Egyptians," calling for national unity and promised to respect the international treaties signed by his country.
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Mr. Morsi received 51.73% of the vote, against 48.27% for Ahmad Shafiq, the last prime minister of the deposed president Hosni Mubarak. In Cairo, hundreds of thousands of Muslim Brotherhood supporters celebrated victory in Tahrir Square.
"I am the president of all Egyptians without exception," said Morsi in his first national address as president-elect, hours after the official announcement of his victory by the electoral commission. "National unity is the only way out of difficult times," he added, referring to men, women, Christians as well as Muslims.He resigned from his positions with the Muslim Brotherhood and as chairman of its party the FJP.
Mr Morsi, who said during his campaign he was the candidate of the "revolution", began his speech with a tribute to some eight hundred and fifty people killed during the uprising. The "revolution continues until the achievement of all its goals ," he said. The president-elect also pledged to "preserve the international charters and treaties" signed by Egypt. Among the major international commitments are agreements concluded with Israel in 1979. Mr. Morsi also said they wanted to develop Egypt's relations with Iran, to ensure "the strategic balance in the region".
His rival, Ahmad Shafiq, congratulated him in the evening, wishing him "success in the difficult task entrusted to him by the Egyptian people." 60 years old, Mohamed Morsi, graduate engineer from a U.S. university, is the first elected president since the departure of Mr. Mubarak, forced to resign by a popular revolt in February 2011. He is also the first civilian to become head of state since the fall of the monarchy in 1952, its predecessors are all from the ranks of the army.
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), which has ruled the country since the fall of Mr. Mubarak has promised to hand over executive power to the new president before the end of the month. Its leader, Marshal Hussein Tantawi, congratulated Mr Morsi on Sunday.
With a legitimacy acquired in an election where the Egyptians were able for the first time freely choose their president, the head of state will have but a very limited room for maneuver against the Military Council. In a " "Complementary Constitutional Declaration", the army has reclaimed the legislature after the dissolution in mid-June of the National Assembly, controlled by the Islamists, under a judgment declaring it illegal because of voting irregularities. Any reforms will have to wait until the election of a new Chamber of Deputies, at an unspecified date which will be subject to military control.
The army also keeps a say on drafting the future constitution and important prerogatives in security and policing in this country of some 82 million people.
An official of the Muslim Brotherhood said that supporters of the Brotherhood would continue their sit-in in Tahrir Square "until the cancellation" of the "Constitutional Declaration " adding that SCAF "has no right to confiscate the executive or legislative action." Negotiations will continue with SCAF because it is unclear what powers will actually be handed over to the President on his inauguration.
"I am the president of all Egyptians without exception," said Morsi in his first national address as president-elect, hours after the official announcement of his victory by the electoral commission. "National unity is the only way out of difficult times," he added, referring to men, women, Christians as well as Muslims.He resigned from his positions with the Muslim Brotherhood and as chairman of its party the FJP.
Mr Morsi, who said during his campaign he was the candidate of the "revolution", began his speech with a tribute to some eight hundred and fifty people killed during the uprising. The "revolution continues until the achievement of all its goals ," he said. The president-elect also pledged to "preserve the international charters and treaties" signed by Egypt. Among the major international commitments are agreements concluded with Israel in 1979. Mr. Morsi also said they wanted to develop Egypt's relations with Iran, to ensure "the strategic balance in the region".
His rival, Ahmad Shafiq, congratulated him in the evening, wishing him "success in the difficult task entrusted to him by the Egyptian people." 60 years old, Mohamed Morsi, graduate engineer from a U.S. university, is the first elected president since the departure of Mr. Mubarak, forced to resign by a popular revolt in February 2011. He is also the first civilian to become head of state since the fall of the monarchy in 1952, its predecessors are all from the ranks of the army.
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), which has ruled the country since the fall of Mr. Mubarak has promised to hand over executive power to the new president before the end of the month. Its leader, Marshal Hussein Tantawi, congratulated Mr Morsi on Sunday.
With a legitimacy acquired in an election where the Egyptians were able for the first time freely choose their president, the head of state will have but a very limited room for maneuver against the Military Council. In a " "Complementary Constitutional Declaration", the army has reclaimed the legislature after the dissolution in mid-June of the National Assembly, controlled by the Islamists, under a judgment declaring it illegal because of voting irregularities. Any reforms will have to wait until the election of a new Chamber of Deputies, at an unspecified date which will be subject to military control.
The army also keeps a say on drafting the future constitution and important prerogatives in security and policing in this country of some 82 million people.
An official of the Muslim Brotherhood said that supporters of the Brotherhood would continue their sit-in in Tahrir Square "until the cancellation" of the "Constitutional Declaration " adding that SCAF "has no right to confiscate the executive or legislative action." Negotiations will continue with SCAF because it is unclear what powers will actually be handed over to the President on his inauguration.
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