In a maiden speech after he was officially announced president, Mursī called on Egyptians to stand together hand in hand for a comprehensive Egyptian renaissance, adding Egyptians will together confront conspiracies targeting the nation’s national unity and social coherence.

“I am bent with you by my side to build a new, modern, constitutional and national Egypt, where progress will bring about dignity, stability, welfare and decent standards of living for all Egyptians on our lands,” he said. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Ahrām, June 25, p. 7] Read original text in Arabic