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World Reacts To Egypt's Interim Leader After Morsi Overthrown

Colin Hale |
July 4, 2013 | 10:14 a.m. PDT

Executive Producer

Constitutional court Chief Justice Adly Mansour was sworn in as Egypt's new interim president on Thursday after democratically elected President Mohamed Morsi was ousted by the military a day earlier.

Morsi had been Egypt's first democratically elected president but lasted only a year into his term after massive street demonstrations and "military coup" actions by the Egyptian military led to Morsi's removal on Wednesday.

Interim Pres. Mansour/via Flickr
Interim Pres. Mansour/via Flickr
Mansour said it was "with great pride and gratitude" to take up the position. In a live TV broadcast of the swearing-in ceremony, he praised Egypt's youth and said that the Egyptian military had been "the conscience of the nation and the guarantor of its security."

Smaller street demonstrations continued on Thursday throughout Cairo, with pro-Morsi supporters camping out in the Nasr City district vowing to stay until Morsi is reinstated as president and warning that Muslim Brotherhood members have "fighting experience." CNN is reporting mass arrests of Muslim Brotherhood leadership and members. Morsi has also been placed under house arrest and has "no connection to the outside world," according to a Muslim Brotherhood spokesman.

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The Muslim Brotherhood has called the actions by the military as "illegitimate" and has promised to fight the "military coup." However, a senior leader to the Muslim Brotherhood said that the group would not take up arms to restore Morsi's presidency, according to The Telegraph (UK).

Response from world leaders to the removal of Morsi was mixed.  U.S. President Barack Obama called on the "Egyptian military to move quickly and responsibly to return full authority back to a democratically elected civilian government as soon as possible through an inclusive and transparent process." NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said he was "gravely concerned" by the situation. 

Pro-Morsi groups in Cairo/via Twitter
Pro-Morsi groups in Cairo/via Twitter
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said that the overthrow of Morsi was "unacceptable" and said it was done through "illicit means" and was a "military coup." Austrian and EU officials called the military intervention "not acceptable," and encouraged a "swift return to democracy."

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The African Union said it was likely to suspend Egypt for its "unconstitutional change," according to Reuters. The AU is meeting on Friday to discuss the crisis in Egypt. Saudi Arabian and Qatari government officials sent their congratulations to Mansour, while Israel expressed optimism towards rebuilding its relationship with Cairo.

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