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Morsi Calls for Referendum As Thousands Rally in Support

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has called for a referendum on the new constitution as thousands rallied in support of the president, while opposing demonstrations continued at Tahrir Square and elsewhere, Mohannad Sabry reports for Al-Monitor.
Hundreds of thousands of Morsi supporters filled the several majot streets surrouding the campus of Cairo Univeristy in Giza on Saturday Dec. 1. They called for the application of Islamic Shariah and endorsed the draft constitution passed by the Constituent Assembly on Thursday.

CAIRO — President Mohammed Morsi called on Egyptians to head to polling stations on Saturday, Dec. 15, to cast their votes on the country’s new constitution, as hundreds of thousands of supporters continued to rally in support of the president’s decisions. 

“After following the efforts of the Constituent Assembly, and after lovingly receiving this draft constitution from you today, I call the Egyptian people to vote on this constitution on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012,” said Morsi who was handed the final draft of the constitution by Judge Hossam El-Gheriany, head of the Constituent Assembly that passed the draft on Thursday Nov. 29.

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