埃及總統擴權反對派上街抗議大綱

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi says he wants to move Egypt forward as a stable and safe nation, and says he does not want sole control of the country.

He made the remarks in a speech Friday in Cairo, as supporters and anti-government protesters rallied in different parts of the city. Mr. Morsi said he was not behind the dissolving of the lawmaking body, and he vowed to continue the nation's work on a new constitution. He said Egypt is on a path to freedom and democracy.

His remarks come a day after he put himself above oversight and declared that his decisions cannot be appealed by the courts or any other authority.

In reponse, opposition supporters gathered to demonstrate in Cairo's Tahrir Square and set fire to Muslim Brotherhood offices in several other cities, including Suez, Port Said, and Ismailia.

Opposition leader and Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradai, who says Mr. Morsi has declared himself a "new pharaoh," is expected to attend the Cairo protests. The liberal politician and former chief of the U.N. nuclear energy agency says Mr. Morsi has usurped all state powers and warned that there could be dire consequences.

President Morsi's spokesman announced the decree Thursday, citing a need to "protect the revolution." Opposition members have called the move illegal.

The decree also bars Egypt's judiciary from dissolving the upper house of parliament and an assembly drafting a new constitution -- two bodies dominated by Mr. Morsi's Islamist allies.

In addition, Mr. Morsi has ordered retrials of former officials who used violence in efforts to suppress last year's popular revolution against longtime president Hosni Mubarak.

Mr. Morsi's supporters say his decree was long overdue.

The president's action comes after he received international praise for mediating a Gaze cease-fire.埃及總統穆罕默德•穆爾西說，他希望把國家推向穩定與安全，並表示他不想大權獨攬。

穆爾西星期五在開羅發表講話時作出了這番表態。同時，他的支持者和反政府抗議者在開羅不同地段舉行集會。穆爾西說，解散立法機構的決定不是他做的，他誓言要繼續努力制定埃及新憲法。他說，埃及正在邁向自由與民主。

在他講這番話的一天前，穆爾西讓自己的職位不受監督，還宣佈，法院或任何權威機構均無權受理針對他的決定所提出的申訴。

在他宣佈擴大總統權力後，反對派支持者在開羅解放廣場集會示威，並放火焚燒了蘇伊士、賽義德港和伊斯梅利亞等好幾座城市的穆斯林兄弟會辦事處。

反對派領袖、諾貝爾和平獎得主穆罕默德•巴拉迪說，穆爾希等於是宣佈自己是“新法老”。預計巴拉迪將參加開羅的抗議活動。這位自由派政治人物和前聯合國原子能機構負責人說，穆爾西篡奪了所有國家權力。他警告說，這可能會有嚴重的後果。

穆爾西總統的發言人是在星期四宣佈的總統令，理由是必須“保衛革命”。反對派成員稱穆爾西此舉是非法行爲。

總統令禁止埃及法院解散議會上院以及負責起草新憲法的制憲大會。這兩個機構都由穆爾西的伊斯蘭主義盟友主導。此外，穆爾西還下令重新審判那些使用暴力鎮壓去年民衆革命的前政府官員，包括長期執政的前總統穆巴拉克。他的支持者說，早就該下這樣的命令了。

在穆爾西採取這些行動之前，國際社會正在讚揚他爲調解加沙停火所做的努力。