‘Egypt’s revolution is back on track’

Egyptian liberal opposition leader Mohamed El Baradei said yesterday that the Arab Spring revolution of 2011 had been relaunched by the announcement of an army-sponsored roadmap which removed Islamist president Mohammed Morsi.

He said the road map met demands for early presidential elections as called for by the liberal coalition. The head of Egypt’s supreme constitutional court, Adli Mansour, will be sworn in as interim head of state today, military and judicial sources said.

After the televised announcement by the army chief Lt Gen Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, millions of anti-Morsi protesters in cities around the country erupted in delirious scenes of joy, with shouts of “God is great” and “Long live Egypt.”