埃及總統穆爾西保證將絕對權力限於主權事務
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has promised the country’s top judges that he will restrict his newly self-granted powers to sovereign matters.
Morsi spokesman Yasser Ali said the Islamist president made the pledge Monday during talks with the Supreme Judicial Council. There was no definition of the sovereign matters over which President Morsi will have absolute power. He granted himself that power in a November 22 decree that bars the judiciary from challenging his decisions.
The spokesman said Mr. Morsi’s clarification on the issue of "sovereign matters" does not constitute a change to the decree.
Opposition groups were preparing to hold a mass protest in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Tuesday to demand the cancellation of Mr. Morsi's decree. They accuse him of trying to assume dictatorial powers like those of his longtime predecessor Hosni Mubarak, who was ousted in a 2011 popular uprising.
Mr. Morsi has defended his move as a temporary measure to speed up democratic reforms delayed by legal challenges under a judicial system with many Mubarak-era appointees. He has said his decree will last until new parliamentary elections are held under a revised constitution that must be approved in a national referendum.埃及總統穆爾西對埃及的最高司法委員會的法官們保證，他將把最新給予自己的權力限制在主權事務上。
穆爾西的發言人阿里說，穆爾西星期一在和最高司法委員會舉行的會議上做出這一承諾。關於穆爾西擁有絕對權力的主權事務，並沒有任何定義。穆爾西在11月22號發佈的政令規定，法院不得對總統的決定提出異議。
這位發言人說，穆爾西有關“主權事務”的說明並不構成對這項政令的改變。
反對派組織準備星期二在開羅解放廣場舉行一次民衆集會，要求取消穆爾西的政令。他們譴責穆爾西試圖取得如同其前任穆巴拉克那樣的獨裁權力。穆巴拉克2011年在深得民心的民衆起義中被趕下臺。
穆爾西爲自己的舉措進行辯護，聲稱這只是暫時性的措施，爲了加快民主改革進程，目前的司法機構中有很多穆巴拉克任命的人員，民主改革由於法律上的挑戰而推遲。穆爾西表示，他頒佈的政令將維持到依照修改過的憲法選出新議會，而新憲法必須在全民公決中獲得認可。
