Tahrir Square (Creative Commons)

 After four days of protests, the Egyptian military agreed to hand over power by July 2012 on Tuesday. 

The move comes after protesters have sparred with security forces in Cairo's Tahrir Square for four days, leaving 33 dead and more than 1,500 injured. 

The chairman of the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces appeared on Egyptian state TV on Tuesday and confirmed that parliamentary elections will still be held on Monday, followed by presidential elections by July. 

The move came after the Supreme Council met with representatives of the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist groups. The Brotherhood stands to win a large share of the seats, according to the New York Times. 

According to the Times:

"But it would also leave the civilian government reporting to the military — effectively a continuation of what amounts to martial law in civilian clothes — until next June.

With the police crackdown galvanizing anger at what protesters see as the military council’s increasingly open play for long-term political power, it was unclear whether any credible civilian leader would take the job of prime minister if the government remained subordinate to the military."