Morsi vows to defend Egypt against foreign meddling
Egypt’s president-elect Muhammad Morsi has addressed nation in the capital Cairo's iconic Liberation Square, vowing that Egypt “will be independent from any foreign influence.”
"We will complete the journey in a civil state, a nationalist state, a constitutional state, a modern state," said Morsi to tens of thousands of people who had packed into the square.
Vowing to achieve the goals of the Egyptian Revolution, Morsi added that “people are the source of power and legitimacy.”
The newly elected president also stressed that "no one and no institution is above the will of people", promising that the new Egypt under his presidency will be “independent from foreign influence.”
Morsi also paid tribute to all Egyptians killed during the revolution.
The presidency announced late on Thursday that Morsi would be sworn in as president at 11 a.m. (0900 GMT) on Saturday before the Constitutional Court.
The Egyptian president began working on the formation of his government shortly after he moved to his new office in the presidential palace in Cairo on Monday.
On June 24, after days of delay, the Supreme Presidential Electoral Commission announced Morsi as the winner of the county’s presidential runoff. Morsi picked up 13.2 million votes out of just over 26 million.
This comes as protests have been going on since the junta dissolved the parliament dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s largest political party, earlier this month.
The junta also took control of the state budget and gave itself veto power on a new constitution, making the new president almost powerless through a recent constitutional declaration.
Source: presstv.com
