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.
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.
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.
The vice president, Nobel peace laureate Mohamed ElBaradei, was one of Morsi’s most ardent opponents.
The National Salvation Front (NSF), the main coalition that called for Morsi’s resignation, announced “its rejection of the constitutional decree,” in a statement.
The coalition, which was led by ElBaradei before Morsi’s overthrow, will seek amendments to the decree, it added, without specifying the offending clauses.
Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood, which insists on the ousted president’s reinstatement, has also rejected the interim charter and timetable.
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