Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has renewed his invitation to the main opposition bloc (NSF) which earlier refused to participate in the meeting over the newly drafted constitution which the opposition view as controversial, official Ahram website reported Tuesday. During the four-hour long Egyptian national dialogue, Morsi said "I am ready to communicate personally with the leaders and members of the NSF and reinvite them to a dialogue," according to the report.
The NSF refused the president's call for the dialogue as the call ignored the front's main demands for forming a national unity government and amending the constitution, said the NSF at a press conference. "We don't refuse the dialogue with the presidency in general, but we refuse the dialogues that won't benefit the Egyptian people, " said Hamdeen Sabahy, a leading member of NSF.
Due to the tense political conditions which left more than 50 dead and almost 2,000 injured over the past four days, Morsi invited 11 parties and some independent figures for dialogue on Monday, including al-Dostour Party, the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party, al-Wafd Party, Strong Egypt Party and others.
Morsi also impose a 30-day curfew and a state of emergency on Port Said, Suez and Ismailia after bloody clashes between anti-government protestors and securities in the three areas. However, a lot of anti-government protesters took to the streets and violated the curfew.