Ikhwan Online, the oficial website of the Muslim Brotherhood, announced that president-elect Mohamed Morsi will deliver a speech to the nation from Tahrir Square, the birthplace of the Egyptian revolution at Friday's mass protest after the noon prayers. Essam El-Erian, vice-president of the Brotherhood'sFreedom and Justice Party (FJP),announced that the Islamist group would participate in Friday's million-man protest which is organised under the slogan "Handover Power." The protest was called for by the Revolution's Board of Trustees, formed by pro-revolution activists in the wake of last year's Tahrir Square uprising. The Revolution's Board of Trustees Secretary-General Safwat Hegazy called on political forces to maintain their ten-day-old sit-in in the flashpoint square until the constitutional addendum passed by SCAF on 18 June 2012 is repealed; parliament's dissolved lower house is reinstated; all political detainees are released; and the SCAF promises not to interfere in the constitution-drafting process. Six of April Youth Movement, salafist Al-Nour, Islamist Al-Wast PArty, the Revolutionary Socialists are also partipating in the protest.
