CAIRO (AP) — A foreign ministry official says two spokesmen for President Mohammed Morsi have quit in the latest defections from his embattled administration as protesters and the military challenge his authority.
The official says career diplomats Omar Amer and Ihab Fahmy have stepped down after nearly five months speaking on behalf of Morsi.
The move compounds the woes for Morsi as he faces massive protests calling for his ouster.
On Monday, six Cabinet ministers quit and the military gave the president a 48- hour ultimatum to work out his differences with the opposition or it will intervene and oversee the implementation of its own political road map. The ultimatum expires Wednesday.
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