Egypt update no. 26. M. Cherif Bassiouni, Chronicles of continued Egyptian revolution of 25 january 2011

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Daily incidents, many of a violent nature, have taken place since June 30, 2013 when the popular uprising against the Morsi government took place. That uprising took place in part in response to a speech made on July 24, 2013 by General el-Sisi. He asked the people, who were dissatisfied with the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) regime and the prospect of a theocratic state, for a mandate for to the army so that it could remove the then-elected President Mohammad Morsi, establish a new government, and appoint a new president. As stated in Updates 24 and 25, this was a military coup that had popular legitimacy in that there was no other legal way to impeach or remove the elected president. This was due to the fact that the 2012 Constitution that had just been adopted by referendum on December 22, 2012 had not yet entered into effect. But it was contrary to law nonetheless...