CAIRO: It was a largely joyous affair in Egypt's Tahrir Square on Tuesday evening as tens of thousands of Mohamed Morsi supporters joined forces to celebrate the Muslim Brotherhood presidential candidate's “victory” in the recent run-off election in the country. Chants of “Morsi, Morsi, Morsi” echoed throughout the iconic square throughout the evening as Egyptians came together to give a show of hope after a week of turmoil that threw the political situation into uncertainty. There was silence however in the square, as hundreds of the demonstrators lined the square to deliver their evening prayers. However, there were signs that some anger is again growing in the country, with groups of protesters lashing out at the military, chanting “down with the military council” in reference to the power ploys by the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) in recent days that has seen it take near complete control of the country. “Morsi is our leader and he will fight the military,” Bikyamasr.com staff overheard protesters say to each other as they watched the masses march through the square, adorned with Muslim Brotherhood paraphernalia and garb. Other revolutionary youth groups joined the protests, which also spread to in front of the country's parliament, recently dissolved, or believed to be, by a high court ruling last week, to condemn the military and call for its removal. Also on tap were anti-Ahmed Shafiq, Morsi's opponent in the run-off and former dictator Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister during the 18 days of protests that ousted his regime. The activists in the square referred to him as a “shoe,” an insult in the Arab world, much to the laughter and cheers of fellow demonstrators in the square. In many ways, Tuesday's demonstration was a return to the ways of protests that ousted the former regime, although this time directed at the military. There were more smiles on the faces of people in the square, for although military control of the country seems to be increasing, for the first time in nearly 17 months, Egyptians seem to have found a leader in Mohamed Morsi, Egypt's next president.
