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Mohamed Morsy plans to represent himself in court, according to Journalists Syndicate deputy chief Mohamed al-Damaty.
Damaty, speaking during a press conference at the Amal Party headquarters on Thursday, announced Morsy would reject lawyers assigned to him in order to defend himself in court.
Damaty added lawyers would attend Morsy's trial to defend legitimacy, not Morsy.
"The judge who interrogated Morsy notified us that he [has] rejected interrogation because he is the legitimate president and not a defendant," Damaty said.
Damaty said Morsy accused interrogators of kidnapping the legitimate president of Egypt.
Permits to attend the trial will be issued starting next Saturday, he added.
"President Morsy will defend himself and we will attend to defend legitimacy," Damaty said, adding other pro-legitimacy figures also plan to attend the trial session.
Damaty considered 30 June protests a counter-revolution in comparison to the 25 January revolution which overthrew former President Hosni Mubarak in 2011.
Head of the Cairo Court of Appeal Nabil Saleeb set 4 November as the trial date for Morsy, who faces charges of inciting supporters to kill anti-government protesters outside the Ettehadiya presidential palace on 5 December 2012.
Fourteen other Muslim Brotherhood leaders will be tried along with Morsy on the same charges.