Morsi’s PM proposes roadmap to ease Egypt tensions

Ousted president Mohamed Morsi's last Prime Minister, Hisham Qandil, proposed a plan to ease tensions in Egypt, as the Islamist leader's loyalists braced for a showdown with the military. Qandil, who has kept a low profile since Morsi's overthrow on 3rd July, proposed in a video posted on YouTube the release of prisoners since the coup and allowing a delegation to visit Morsi, detained by the army. Qandil’s proposal comes in the backdrop of Egypt’s army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s call for a public rally to fight “terrorism and violence”. This has widely been seen as being targeted at Morsi supporters.