Egypt opposition calls for early elections

June 28, 2013 02:27

Egypt's main opposition coalition has rejected President Mohammed Mursi's offer for dialogue and called for early elections ahead of mass protests planned against him on June 30.

Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the main opposition bloc the National Salvation Front slammed Mursi and said, "President Morsi's speech yesterday made us more insistent on calling for early presidential elections to achieve goals of the revolution atop of which are the social justice."

In his speech on Wednesday, Mursi had warned that political divisions in Egypt "threaten to paralyse" the country.

In a televised speech to mark his turbulent first year in power, Mursi promised reforms and called for national dialogue, as tensions mounted ahead of mass rallies.

ElBaradei said the front was totally sure millions of people would take to the streets on June 30 in peaceful revolutions to rectify the path of the revolution.

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