Liberal Opposition and Muslim Brotherhood Reject Egyptian Transition Plan
Islamists want Morsi back, liberals not happy with transition plan
CAIRO, July 10 (UPI) -- Egypt's main liberal opposition group and the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood both angrily rejected the military-backed interim leadership's elections timetable.
The rival groups' rejection came as interim President Adly Mansour named former Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Hazem al-Beblawi as prime minister and appointed liberal opposition chief and Nobel Peace laureate Mohamed ElBaradei as vice president for foreign relations.
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