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Islam Times
Criticism has ramped up against the ruling military council after the establishment of a civil advisory council without specific roles or authorities.

Abduallah al-Ashaal, former deputy minister of foreign affairs and a presidential hopeful told Press TV that the military council is playing a game to jump over the parliament and to infringe on the political life in Egypt post revolution.

Also, the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice party which won 36.6 percent of the votes in the first round of the elections have announced earlier that they will pull out from the civil Advisory council. Mohamed Alamin, media director of the Freedom & Justice party told Press TV that this council intends to oppress the freedom of the people, which they had long been striving for.

Anger and frustration with the SCAF was not only limited to politicians, protesters sitting in outside the Egyptian Cabinet said that they don't want neither the ruling military council nor its proposed civil advisory council.

Many believe that excluding the military council from the decision making process would lead the country to speedy reform and a freer democratic Egypt.

Observers say, the basis of which the members of the advisory council were chosen are unclear, and that such a council does not reflect or express the objectives and demands of the Egyptian January 25 Revolution.