It seems that the destination of peace has to go a long way for the Egypt as once again it has reached to the crossroads where president Mohammed Morsi is being reportedly held at the military intelligence facility. Sources claim that Morsi has been ousted and the chief justice of the constitutional court, Adli Mansour, will take upon his powers.
Morsi had refused to bend down to the 48-hour ultimatum provided by the army to 'meet the demands of the Egyptian people' and had said that he wouldn't be dictated internally or externally as he is a democratically elected president.
According to sources, General Abdul Fattah al-Sisi said that since Morsi failed to meet the demands, he is being ousted and is no longer in office.
Meanwhild Brotherhood officials said that Morsi and at least two leaders including Essam El-Haddad of his Muslim Brotherhood's political wing are being held in detention.
US president Barack Obama expressed concern on the latest turn of events and has called for a swift return to civilian rule and ordered a review of US foreign aid to Egypt which by US law must be suspended in the event an elected leader is deposed by a military coup.
The report said that Morsi's facebook page denounced the army's move and called it a 'military coup' and asked the Egyptian citizens to abide by the constitution and the law and not respond to the coup.
Sisi said that Mansour will be running the country's affairs during the transitional period until the election of a new president.
(With inputs from ANI)
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