There can be no deal on Egypt's political crisis until President Mohammed Morsi withdraws his constitutional decree, one of the leading figures in protests against the decision said on Monday, dpa reported.
"We're prepared, not for negotiations, but to build the nation together," former presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahy told dpa.
"But first of all, this weapon called the constitutional declaration must be withdrawn ... (President Morsi) must know that we will not permit a dictatorship," the leftist leader said.
Sabahy was speaking after a meeting between the National Salvation Front, formed by secularist politicians after Morsi issued his decrees, and media figures.