Dozens protested in front of the headquarters of the House of Representatives, on Saturday, before the arrival of President Mohamed Morsy to deliver a speech before members of the Shura Council.
Demonstrators included members of Shayfenkom (We Are Watching you), a citizen group monitoring violations in elections, as well as a number of workers of suspended satellite channel Faraeen.
Protestors chanted, “Down with the rule of the Supreme Guide [of the Muslim Brotherhood].”
Security in the area surrounding the Parliament was intensified, and additional iron barriers and barbed wire erected.
Morsy issued a decree on Thursday to call the Shura Council to convene on Saturday, where the president will give a speech to the body that in accordance with the new Constitution has legislative powers until parliamentary elections, after which it will pass to the House of Representatives.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
