Egypt’s main coalition, which backed the military ouster of Mohamed Morsi, denounced on Tuesday a roadmap granting the interim president extensive powers ahead of new elections, further complicating a bloody transition to civilian rule.<\/p>\n
In the restive Sinai peninsula, two people were killed early Wednesday when militants struck several police and army positions with mortar rounds and rocket propelled grenades.<\/p>\n
The fresh violence came less than a day after interim President Adly Mansour laid out a timetable for elections by early next year and appointed a new prime minister and vice president.<\/p>\n
The vice president, Nobel peace laureate Mohamed ElBaradei, was one of Morsi’s most ardent opponents.<\/p>\n
The National Salvation Front (NSF), the main coalition that called for Morsi’s resignation, announced “its rejection of the constitutional decree,” in a statement.<\/p>\n
The coalition, which was led by ElBaradei before Morsi’s overthrow, will seek amendments to the decree, it added, without specifying the offending clauses.<\/p>\n
Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood, which insists on the ousted president’s reinstatement, has also rejected the interim charter and timetable.<\/p>\n
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