Egypt: President Morsi ousted, constitution suspended

July 04, 2013

Egypt's military deposed the country's first democratically elected president Wednesday night, installing the head of the country's highest court as an interim leader, the country's top general announced.

Gen. Abdel-Fatah El-Sisi said the military was fulfilling its "historic responsibility" to protect the country by ousting Mohamed Morsy, the Western-educated Islamist leader elected a year ago.

Morsy "did not achieve the goals of the people" and failed to meet demands to share power with opponents who thronged the streets of Cairo and Tahrir Square, El-Sisi said.