Egypt military calls for dialogue to avoid more crisis.

Egypt has plunged ever deeper into crisis situation since Mursi, who was readily elected in June, decreed himself wide powers with November 22 and pushed ahead with plans for a referendum next Saturday on the constitution drafted by an Islamist-dominated assembly.

The army's duty was to guard national interests and secure important state institutions, the military mentioned. Egyptians could express their vistas "far from all displays associated with violence".

This statement is the army's most direct remarks so far on the political confrontation between the Islamist president and his liberal opponents, was issued while protesters were still camped out from the gates of the presidential development.

But it did not could indicate that the army, which ran Egypt for several weeks after Hosni Mubarak's overthrow not too long ago, was planning to retake control with the country or its turbulent roads.

A military source who said that the statement didn't signal any plan for a intervention in politics or possibly a broad role on the roads.

A senior Muslim Brotherhood recognized welcomed the army's remarks as "balanced" and neutral. Former Unusual Minister Amr Moussa, now the opposition leader, said the army was simply addressing an "enormously dangerous situation".

The military was the power behind all previous presidents in addition to an army council temporarily needed over after Mubarak's fall. Nonetheless, Mursi pushed the generals aside in August and in addition they had shown little appetite to help intervene in Egypt's latest situation.
"The armed forces affirm that dialogue is best and only way to attain consensus, " the statement mentioned. "The opposite of that brings us to a dark tunnel that will result in catastrophe and that is something we will never allow. "

The state-run daily al-Ahram previous reported that Mursi would soon authorise the military to aid police keep order and allow it powers of arrest under a decree approved from the cabinet. It did not say in the event the decree would be issued.

This instability in Egypt worries the actual West, especially the United Expresses, which has given Cairo vast amounts of dollars in military and other aid mainly because it made peace with Israel within 1979.

The tens of thousands of Mursi fans who surged past tanks and barbed wire to succeed in the palace gates on Friday night had dispersed, but a hardcore core stayed overnight in the score of tents.

Some had spray painted that says "Down with Mursi" on tanks with the elite Republican Guard posted there after clashes between rival groups killed at least seven people and wounded 350 this specific week.

Others draped the tanks with posters of Mursi as well as the word "Leave" scored across his or her face in red letters.

"We are will no longer calling for scrapping the decree in addition to delaying the referendum, " Samir Fayez, a Christian protester who is at the palace, said. "We have one demand in five letters: get away from. "

Nearby, a Mursi promoter named Mohamed Hassan was silently observing the scene. He suggested that this Muslim Brotherhood and its ultra-orthodox Salafi Islamist allies could possibly easily overwhelm their foes whenever they chose to do mobilise their particular base.

"The Brotherhood and Salafis by themselves are few but they have numerous supporters who are at residence and haven't taken it for the streets yet, " murmured the actual 40-year-old engineer.