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Despite the Egyptian Military's promise to hand over power by July 2012, protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square continued to voice their outcry for democracy on Tuesday.

According to The Guardian, hundreds of thousands of protesters rejected the Egyptian Military's promise, chanting "We are not leaving, he leaves," in reference to Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi,  the head of the Supreme Council of Armed Forces, who stepped in after President Hosni Mubarak stepped down in February.

Reuters reported:

It sums up a growing sentiment as transition to civilian rule has dragged on: Tantawi, defending the armed forces' vast economic interests after 60 years in power, has betrayed the trust of a nation and is acting in the same way as the former president he served as defense minister for two decades.

Tantawi announced today that a presidential election would be held by July 2012; he also "insisted the army did not want power… saying the military would return to barracks immediately if the people wanted it," said Reuters.

CBS reported that the announcement did not placate the Egyptian civilians' outrage, which had caused 500,000 of them to protest in Tahrir Square since Friday, and that their frustration with the military's actions felt all too familiar to the violence that occurred less than a year ago.

"We can't accept the same humiliating, inhuman treatment by the police. Enough," said Saad Abdel-Hamid to CBS, who showed up after work Tuesday, still in a sport coat. "Egyptians want a real, democratic country, but we realize this won't come easy. People are still making sacrifices every day."

Also, according to live tweets from protesters, tear gas was released in the square on Tuesday as the demonstrations continued.

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