WEDNESDAY UPDATE: The Egyptian army has reportedly ordered the house arrested of President Morsi.
Egyptian protesters again gathered at Tahrir Square in Cairo and in other cities to demand a change in the current government headed by President Mohamed Morsi.
At the same time, throngs of pro-Morsi protesters came out on Tuesday.
In Tahrir Square, a number of anti-government protesters chanted: “The people have brought down the regime,” the broadcaster reported.
The protests come as the army said Tuesday it would suspend the country’s constitution and will dissolve parliament if the demonstrations go on for another day. After that, it would order new elections if politicians cannot meet that deadline to solve the country’s crisis, according to Reuters.
Unnamed sources with the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces told the news agency that if the crisis isn’t resolved, the military will step in. The Egyptian Parliament is primarily dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood, who supports Morsi.
The BBC reported that on Tuesday, two spokespersons for the presidency and cabinet have quit. At the same time, six ministers from Morsi’s government also quit.
General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met with Morsi for a second day on Tuesday, but few details were released.
Morsi and his followers have said they will strive to remain in power.
Alaa Moustafa, spokesperson with the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party, told Al Jazeera that her party is committed toward supporting democracy.
“We are behind the will of the people. In democratic countries are known ... by elections. The only way to change is not through protestation. We have a democratic path to go through,” she said.
Moustafa added: “We are totaly against any person trying to get our country back to dictatorship.... We are with any initiative that takes things back to normal… as long as it is under the umbrella of the constitution. We are with any solution.”
Mohammed al-Beltagi, and other Freedom and Justice Party members, called on supporters to demonstrate to prevent a potential “coup.”
