The top leader Mohamed Badie of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has accused Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the former army chief widely tipped to become the country’s next president, of being a tyrant. Badie predicted he would fail to stay in power.
Speaking on Tuesday from a cage in a courtroom where he faces trial for inciting violence, Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie also dismissed accusations by the military-backed government that the group engaged in terrorism.
“The people will not accept an army tyrant,” Badie said in reference to Sisi, who resigned from the military on Wednesday in order to contest a presidential election on May 26-27.
