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Egypt's FJP says palace protest organizers “bear responsibility”
Published in Bikya Masr on 04 - 12 - 2012

CAIRO: Egypt's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) said on Tuesday night that organizers of a massive protest in front of the presidential palace “bear responsibility” for any violence that has, or could, occur.
The FJP is the part of which President Mohamed Morsi came out of in winning the run-off presidential election last summer.
On the party's website, they issued a short statement that reads: “Freedom and Justice Party media adviser Murad Ali warns organizers of a demonstration Tuesday outside Egypt Presidential Palace that they will be held to account for any violence or vandalism that may mar events.”
Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians have taken to the streets of Cairo, in front of the presidential palace, Tahrir Square and across cities and towns in the country demanding an end to President Mohamed Morsi's regime.
Protesters in Tahrir told Bikyamasr.com that they are “here to stay" until Morsi has withdrawn his presidential decree issued on November 22 that gave him powers above judicial review.
Others said this was the revolution “continuing." A march to the palace continues to grow on Tuesday night, with the chanting loud and boisterous. “We want the downfall of the regime," is being screamed, in unison, toward the house that Morsi has lived in since early July.
He reportedly fled the area as the protesters arrived and clashed with police.
A number of police have since joined the protesters in their march, an eery remembrance to the police who also joined the anti-Hosni Mubarak demonstrations in January and February 2011.
Even the country's state television has joined the propaganda train to support their embattled president, calling the protesters supporters of a “foreign agenda." The same channels that also told Egyptians the same things during the January 25 uprising.
The chants, “the people want the downfall of the regime," is echoing throughout Cairo near Morsi's residence in what activists and citizens have described as a “revolution in the making."
The march to the palace comes less than two weeks after Morsi issued a presidential decree that gives him powers above judiciary review, which activists have called a power grab.
The boisterous march, dubbed the “Last Warning" is seen by many as the final attempt to open dialogue between the left and the conservative Morsi regime.
Tens of thousands have also gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square to continue their demonstration calling for an end to dictatorship.
All this also comes on the heels of a draft constitution, which was pushed through by Morsi and the Constituent Assembly tasked with its writing on Friday. A referendum has been set for December 15.
But that draft has left many fearful over the future of Egypt and has increased calls for more forceful protests to force Morsi to withdraw the decree and restart the drafting process of the constitution, which has seen women, liberal groups and unions remove themselves from the process.
One activist, sitting at a local cafe watching the protest, told Bikyamasr.com that “this is the final days of Morsi. It feels a lot like February 2011. I just hope the army doesn't come in. We can handle change without them."


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