Pro-Morsi Rally From Sit-In To Presidential Palace Returns

A late Wednesday night march of several hundred supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi from Rabaa Al-Adawiya Square sit-in in north Cairo to Ittihadiya presidential palace in Heliopolis returned to its point of origin in the early hours of Thursday.

Protesters said they wanted to deliver a message condemning the killing of more than 50 Morsi supporters during clashes with the military on Monday and demanding the reinstatement of Morsi.

Since Monday, several marches have been staged across the capital and in a number of provincial governorates, condemning the killings.

The march, announced earlier by the Muslim Brotherhood, was not planned to lead to a sit-in at the palace.

Security forces had increased at the vicinity of the palace and its surrounding streets in anticipation of the march’s arrival.

For the last 12 days, pro-Morsi demonstrators have maintained a sizeable sit-in outside the Rabaa Adawiya Mosque in Cairo’s Nasr City district.

The pro-Morsi National Alliance to Support Legitimacy released a statement on Wednesday calling for a million-man march in Cairo on Friday to demand ousted president Mohamed Morsi’s reinstatement.

The alliance, which includes the Muslim Brotherhood – the group from which Morsi hails – along with several allied Islamist groups, went on to reiterate its rejection of the recent “coup against democratic legitimacy,” in reference to Morsi’s ouster last week by the military following massive demonstrations against him.

Source : Ahram