Source: TOI
The protests were sparked by edicts Morsi issued last week that effectively neutralize the judiciary, the last branch of government he does not control.
CAIRO: The same chants used against Hosni Mubarak were turned against his successor on Tuesday as more than 200,000 people packed Egypt’s Tahrir Square in the biggest challenge yet to Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.
The massive, flag-waving throng protesting Morsi’s assertion of near-absolute powers rivaled some of the largest crowds that helped drive Mubarak from office last year.
“The people want to bring down the regime!” and “erhal, erhal” — Arabic for “leave, leave” — rang out across the plaza, this time directed at Egypt’s first freely elected president.