Egypt: Mansour Adly reaffirms goal of ‘stability and security'
Cairo July 19, 2013: In his first public speech, the interim president of Egypt
Adly Mansour has highlighted security and stability as the principal objectives of
the new interim leadership. "We will fight this battle to the end - he said in a recorded
message broadcast on state television - we will safeguard the revolution."
On
Thursday, July 18, exactly two weeks after the ouster of Mohammed Morsi, Mansour Adly
(former head of the Constitutional Court) condemned "those who want to drag Egypt
into chaos and uncertainty," His message referred to the continuous protests organized
by the Brotherhood. "We are ushering in a critical stage for the fate of the country
- he continued - some want a path of blood and violence, we intend to reaffirm human
rights and justice."
The new interim government, formed with the task of leading
the country to elections by the beginning of 2014, enjoys broad support among the
Egyptians, including some of the most representative figures from both the Christian
and Muslim elite. Both the Islamists and Salafists, the Muslim Brotherhood who have
decided not to take part in the transitional government have received a loan of 12
billion dollars - Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait - in order to
avoid the risk of bankruptcy.
Mansour's first address to the nation comes immediately
after yet another march organized by the Brotherhood in Cairo Wednesday to demand
the return to the government of Mohammed Morsi. The march scheduled for today, Friday,
July 19, coincides with the tenth day of Ramadan: by tradition, on this day Egyptians
commemorate the crossing of the Suez Canal by the army in 1973 during the war against
Israel. "We urge the leaders of the coup to return to the right path - said Mohammed
Badie, supreme guide of the Brotherhood - the army and the people are one, the task
of the military is to defend the nation."(Source: AsiaNews)