Egypt's Interim President Sets Timetable for Elections But Muslim Brotherhood Rejects It

Arutz Sheva - Egypt's constitution will be amended within five months, and parliamentary elections will be held two months after that.

Egypt's interim president Adly el-Mansour on Monday adopted a timetable for parliamentary elections by 2014, after which a date will be announced for a presidential ballot, AFP reported.

The country will have five months to amend the Islamist-drafted constitution suspended on Mohammed Morsi's ouster last week, ratify it in a referendum, and then hold parliamentary elections, according the text of the decree published by the Al-Ahram newspaper.

Egypt's military, which picked top judge Mansour to succeed Morsi after deposing him amid mass protests calling for the Islamist's ouster, has promised a quick return to civilian rule.

The decree's wording, however, gives the interim rulers room to further draw out the parliamentary vote, said a constitutional expert.   More

Egypt unrest: Brotherhood rejects Mansour poll decree

BBC - Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has rejected a timetable for new elections laid out by interim president Adly Mansour, saying it is illegitimate.

President Mohammed Morsi was ousted by the army last week after mass protests.

The Tamarod movement, which organised the protests, has said it was not consulted on the election plan and has asked to see Mr Mansour urgently.

On Monday at least 51 people were killed outside a Cairo barracks where Mr Morsi's supporters say he is held.

The Muslim Brotherhood - Egypt's main Islamist movement, which Mr Morsi belongs to - says its members were fired on at a sit-in for the ousted leader. The army says it responded to an armed provocation.

Mr Morsi was Egypt's first freely elected president. His removal last Wednesday followed protests by tens of thousands of people who accused him of becoming increasingly authoritarian, pursuing an Islamist agenda, and failing to tackle Egypt's economic woes.   More