Egypt Will Be State of Law, New Parliament Will Choose Govt: Morsi

President Mohamed Morsi said on Wednesday Egypt would be based on the rule of law – not the army or religious leaders – and a new parliament to be elected in a few months would decide on the make-up of the government.

“Egypt is on its way to achieving sound governance and a state of law in a framework of a modern civilian state which we all aspire to – a civilian state that is not a military state or a theocratic state, but an institutional civilian state,” Morsi told reporters during a visit to Berlin.

 Asked whether he would be willing to form a “government of national salvation” with the opposition, Morsi said a new parliament would be elected in three to four months and its job would be to choose a new government.

Reuters