Protests are continuing in Egypt against President Mohamed Morsi’s decision to grant himself sweeping powers as an Islamist panel has approved a draft of the country’s new constitution. The panel writing the constitution had been boycotted by Christians and secularists and had rushed to finish their work amidst mounting protests. Demonstrators in Cairo’s Tahrir Square Thursday rejected the constitution and called for Morsi to step down.

Mohamed Magdy: “The government and Morsi should leave. The only and the first demand for revolutionaries is to topple Mohamed Morsi, because he does not achieve the demands and targets of the revolution. There is no freedom, justice or even bread. He has achieved nothing. The Interior Ministry is worse than it was before. The national security police are back to their old tasks (the same as under Hosni Mubarak).”