Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood president Follows Erdogan's lead declares war on the military, sacks defense minister Tantawi and Chief-of-Staff Annan.

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood president Follows Erdogan's lead declares war on the military, sacks defense minister Tantawi and Chief-of-Staff Annan.(AA).Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi on Sunday sacked Defense Minister Field Marshall Hussein Tantawi and Army Chief-of-Staff Sami Annan and canceled the military-declared constitutional amendments that gave top generals wide powers.
The constitutional amendments , also referred to as the complementary constitutional declaration, was issued shortly before the elections by the Supreme Military Council that ruled the country during the transitional period.
The much-criticized addendum had expanded the military council’s power and gutted that of elected officials by putting military leaders in control of the right to declare a state of war, as well as the ability to appoint a new Constituent Assembly tasked with drafting a new constitution if the current one had been dismantled.

Mursi also ordered the retirement of the commanders of the navy, air defense and air force. The retired navy commander, Lt. Gen. Mohan Mameesh, was named as chairman of the Suez Canal, the strategic waterway linking the Red Sea and the Mediterranean and a major source of revenues for the country.
Presidential spokesman Yasser Ali said told a news conference aired on state TV that Mursi named a career army officer, Lt. Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, to replace Tantawi and Lt. Gen. Sidki Sayed Ahmed to replace Annan.
It was not immediately clear whether the decisions had the military’s blessing. But Egyptian General Mohamed el-Assar told Reuters that the decision to sack Tantawi “was based on consultation with the field marshal and the rest of the military council,” In a reshuffle of the top brass announced on Sunday, Assar was appointed deputy defense minister.President Mursi said Tantawi and Chief of Staff Annan had been “ordered to retire” and would become advisers to the president.Hmmmm.....Israel get ready for a 're-occupation' of the Sinai by Egypt.Read the full story here.

Updated:   English text of President Morsi's new Egypt Constitutional Declaration.(Ahram).

President Mohamed Morsi issued a new Constitutional Declaration on Sunday, consisting of the following four articles:

1- The 17 June 2012 constitutional addendum is to be abrogated.

2- Article 25, clause 2 of the 30 March 2011 Constitutional Declaration is to be replaced with the following text: "And he [the president] will undertake all his duties as stipulated by Article 56 of this declaration." [Article 56 outlines the authorities of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces and grants the latter full executive and legislative powers, now held by Morsi.]

3- If the Constituent Assembly [tasked with drafting a new constitution] is prevented from doing its duties, the president can draw up a new assembly representing the full spectrum of Egyptian society mandated with drafting a new national charter within three months of the assembly's formation. The new draft constitution is to be put before a nationwide referendum within 30 days after it is written. Parliamentary elections are to be held within two months of the public’s approval of the draft constitution.

4- This new Constitutional Declaration is to be published in Egypt's official gazette and will be put into affect the following day.