Dialogue is the only way out of the current political crisis, and the opposition must back away from its call for overthrowing the government, warned the Salafi Nour Party on Monday.
In its statement, the party said that organizing Islamist demonstrations in support of President Mohamed Morsy could provoke further violence, and therefore dialogue was the better way forward. The National Salvation Front must withdraw its call to oust the president, as his legitimacy is a line that must not be crossed, the statement added.
However, the Nour Party still supports the national reconciliation initiative the front launched last week, and is contacting various political forces to support the initiative, the statement said.
Khaled Saeed, spokesperson for the Salafi Front, said his party had decided to boycott the Nour Party for their support of this secular initiative, which he claims seeks to abolish the Islamist project.
The Nour Party only supports the initiative because it is politically inexperienced, asserted Hesham Aboul Nasr, head of the Salafi Dawah in Giza.
“There should be no dialogue with the Salvation Front,” Nasr argued. “Its leaders should be tried for fomenting chaos in the country.”
Hesham Dessouky, a member of the Freedom and Justice Party’s supreme body, said the FJP would be willing to engage in dialogue with the NSF under the auspices of the president.
The initiative's demands for national reconciliation can be discussed, except for the call to dismiss the prosecutor general, said Farid Ismail, a member of the FJP's executive bureau.
"According to the Constitution, even the president cannot dismiss him,” Ismail said. “He must leave of his own accord.”
“The Salvation Front intends to destroy the country in a struggle for power,” he warned.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
