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Top military dismissals are in Egypt's interests: Morsi
Monday August 13, 2012 06:34:42 PM,
RIA Novosti
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Cairo: Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi Monday said the dismissal of the
country's powerful defence minister and a top military general has
been done in the country's interest.
On Sunday, Morsi signed decrees on the retirement of Field Marshal
Mohammed Hussein Tantawi, and the military chief of staff, Lt.
Gen. Sami Anan.
Tantawi, the defence minister headed the military council which
ruled Egypt for 17 months after the 2011 ouster of longtime
strongman Hosni Mubarak.
"The decrees that I signed on Sunday on the dismissal of Defence
Minister Hussein Tantawi and Military Chief of Staff Sami Anan
were passed in the interests of Egypt," said Morsi.
He also said that the reshuffle in the top brass "was not aimed at
somebody personally and was not intended to intimidate or weaken
any state structure".
After Morsi signed decrees on the dismissal of Tantawi and Anan,
both were immediately appointed as presidential advisors.
Also Sunday, Morsi cancelled a constitutional declaration aiming
to limit presidential powers which the ruling army council issued
in June.
The new Egyptian government led by Prime Minister Hesham Qandil
was sworn in by President Morsi Aug 2.
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