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CAIRO, July 17 (UPI) -- The Muslim Brotherhood called for renewed protests Wednesday as a new government led by interim Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi began work, officials said. El-Beblawi's newly formed cabinet includes liberals and technocrats, including seven members of the previous government, Voice of America reported.
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It does not, however, include any members of Islamist parties such as the Muslim Brotherhood.
Thousands of supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi, a member of the Brotherhood, have maintained a vigil at a Cairo square, demanding he be returned to office.
Clashes between Morsi supporters and security forces left seven people dead and more than 260 injured overnight Monday.
Earlier, a spokesman for the Muslim Brotherhood said the United States has failed to stand up for its principles concerning Morsi's ouster.
Gehad el-Haddad said the coup against Egypt's first democratically elected president was given the "legitimacy of recognition and continued military aid" by the United States, Ahram Online reported.
El-Haddad said the same thing happened when former President Hosni Mubarak was ousted in 2011.
"Either the U.S. is complicit in planning/executing the military coup or ha[s] come to welcome it," he said.
El-Haddad tweeted his comments after U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns met with the man the Brotherhood accuses of leading the July 3 coup against Morsi, Army Chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi.
The Brotherhood and Morsi supporters are demanding that Morsi be reinstated and the constitution restored before they engage in talks.
