CAIRO: Tens of thousands of Egyptians took to Cairo's Tahrir Square on Sunday evening to celebrate their new president, Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi, in what was a joyous affair all around. But the demonstrators also vowed to maintain the revolution and push the military junta to relinquish power it has taken in recent weeks. Ahmed Habashi, the head of the April 6th's coordination committee in downtown Cairo told Bikyamasr.com, “we are here because the Brotherhood is part of the revolution and it is continuing. “We would never support the person who was in charge during the Camel Battle," alluding to Shafiq's involvement in the massacre that took the lives of at least 26 people on February 2, 2011 during the 18 days that ousted his regime and that of now jailed dictator Hosni Mubarak. Morsi was named the country's new president on Sunday, garnering some 52 percent of the vote in the run-off on June 16 and 17. His election comes as the military's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) last week issued a series of constitutional declarations that strip the new president of much of his power as well as taking complete control of the legislative branch in the country. Activists have called the move a “military coup” and along with the Brotherhood, have vowed to maintain their pressure by staying in Tahrir Square. For his part, Morsi delivered a televised address late on Sunday night, telling the nation that he is the president of “all Egyptians.” He saluted those who are currently celebrating in Cairo's Tahrir Square and other squares around Egypt. “This is a historic moment that was written by Egyptians blood, tears and sacrifice," he said in the address Sunday evening. “I would have not been here as the first elected president with this joy if it were not for God's guidance and your sacrifice and blood of our martyrs," the Muslim Brotherhood candidate told the country. “And our injured, a great thanks and salute to our martyrs, their mothers, fathers and families who lost a dear one to them and sacrificed them to Egypt," he continued, acknowledging those who had been killed in the January 2011 uprising, which had set the stage for his victory on Sunday. Morsi beat former Mubarak Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq, garnering some 52 percent of the vote. “I pray to those who were killed and injured, who watered the tree of freedom," adding that he saluted “the families who taught them the true meaning of freedom and for their patience over losing their lives as a price for freedom. I renew my promise, this blood is not going to wasted،" His modesty came out as well, saying “I'm leading the nation and I am not your best. But I will fulfill my promises and pledges to you." He also talked of the importance of all Egyptians, Christian or Muslim, being represented in the country and by his government, which the Brotherhood's political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) said could be announced as soon as Wednesday. “Today I am the president of all Egyptians, inside the country and abroad, men and women, women and Copts." ** Bikyamasr.com's Manar Ammar contributed to this report
