President Morsi calls for dialogue ahead of Egypt’s elections

Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi has called for talks with opposition groups to ensure the “integrity and transparency” of the upcoming parliamentary elections of April 22.

“I see that the climate is very agreeable for an election,” the Egyptian president said in a television interview aired on Monday. Morsi, however, dismissed allegations that the elections were ill-timed.

Morsi also stated that he was the president of “all Egyptians” and that he had no fight with any political force in the country.

Some Egyptian opposition groups have already threatened to boycott the elections, accusing Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood party of trying to monopolize power. The president rejects the allegation.

On February 8, thousands of Egyptian opposition protesters held demonstrations against Morsi after calls from nearly 40 opposition groups on the ‘Friday of dignity.’

Protesters called on Morsi to realize the goals of Egypt’s revolution that ended the 30-year-long dictatorship of Hosni Mubarak in 2011.