"There must be a new beginning for dialogue, based on specific principles and rules," leading NSF member Wahid Abdel-Meguid told Xinhua, stressing only the three main political forces should take part in dialogue, namely the NSF, the MB's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) and the Salafist al-Nour Party, arguing the three represented 90 percent of Egypt's political field.
At a press conference Tuesday, the presidency said that the opposition's demand of sacking the current government and forming a salvation one would be difficult and not in favor of Egyptians as it would take a long time.
"This is just a lame excuse," said Abdel-Meguid, "as the current government does not meet the Egyptians' aspirations and is unable to deal with the current economic and political crises."
"Although the opposition has its own diseases, their rejection of dialogue is justified," said Hassan Nafaa, a political science professor at Cairo University. "They had a previous dialogue with the president about the constitution, but the presidency was not committed to its recommendations and Morsi then issued a controversial constitutional declaration, creating an atmosphere of mistrust."
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