
The head of Egypt’s armed forces, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, has just made a statement on Egyptian television. The armed forces, he says, have heeded the call of the Egyptian people “not to hold the reins of power or to rule but to discharge its civil responsibility. This is the message received by the Egyptian armed forces from all the corners of Egypt.” And he has announced a “road map” that he says was agreed at a meeting by all the main political forces, consisting of the following moves: