Egypt’s Chief Judge Adly Mansour was sworn in as the country’s Interim President on Thursday, a day after the military ousted President Mohammad Mursi following a week of massive protests.
Egypt's Chief Judge Adly Mansour was sworn in as the country's Interim President on Thursday, a day after the military ousted President Mohammad Mursi following a week of massive protests.
"I swear to preserve the system of the republic, and respect the constitution and law, and guard the people's interests," Mansour said as he took the oath of office at a ceremony in the Supreme Constitutional Court.
In parallel, the authorities in Egypt issued an arrest warrant for the Muslim Brotherhood's Supreme Leader Mohammed Badie and his First Deputy Khairat El-Shater, AFP quoted a judicial source as saying.
“The two are wanted on charges of inciting the killing Sunday of protesters in front of the Muslim Brotherhood's headquarters in Cairo's southern neighborhood of Muqattam,” AFP added.
Among the international reactions to the ouster of President Mohammad Mursi, was that of Britain, which assured that it will work with Egypt's interim authorities despite not supporting the military intervention that toppled Mursi.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague insisted on Thursday that Britain had to be "practical" in dealing with the situation.
“We have to work with whoever is in authority in Egypt," Hague told BBC radio, adding that “we have to do that for the safety of British nationals, we have to do that because there are so many British companies there.”
Similarly, Turkey rejected the military intervention that ousted Mursi, and indicated that did not reflect the people's will, urging the country to "return to democracy".
“The power change in Egypt was not a result of the will of the people. The change was not in compliance with democracy and law," Deputy Prime Minister
Bekir Bozdag said in Ankara, which has been facing similar protests against the ruling Justice and Development party.
"In all democratic countries, elections are the only way to come to power," he said”.
Everyone... who believes in democracy should naturally oppose the way this power change happened because a situation that cannot be accepted by democratic people has emerged in Egypt," said Bozdag, hoping that “Egypt would return to democracy, to a structure where the will of people prevails again.”
For its part, the Syrian government hailed the ouster of Mursi, who lately decided to cut Egypt’s historic ties with Syria, considering it was a “great achievement”.
“Syria's people, leadership and Army express their deep appreciation for the national, populist movement in Egypt which has yielded a great achievement,” Syrian state television said, citing an official source.
On another hand, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said that civilian rule in Egypt "should be resumed as soon as possible", and that the country's future leadership should reflect the Egyptian people's will.
“It is a volatile situation (and) it is not clear where we are heading," Ban told journalists in Copenhagen, adding that "inclusivity" was key to any solution of the Middle Eastern country's woes.
