Egypt military in implicit warning to president

CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's powerful military has delivered a thinly veiled warning to the country's new president, saying it expects all state institutions to respect the constitution.

Monday's statement followed a decision by Islamist President Mohammed Morsi to revoke last month's executive order by the then-ruling military to dissolve parliament after the country's highest court said a third of its members were illegally elected.

The military also defended a "constitutional declaration" giving it far-reaching powers after handing over power to Morsi June 30.

The statement says the military will continue to support "legitimacy, the constitution and the law" -- language that means the generals would likely oppose attempts to reconvene parliament in defiance of the court's ruling.

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