Claims that Morsi ruled undemocratically stem from his repeated attempts to extricate the popularly elected parliament and presidency from anti-democratic traps set by the military. After the Islamist parties’ huge victory in the 2011-2012 parliamentary elections, the military leadership and the Supreme Court (filled with Mubarak-era judges) worked to derail the new parliament and prevent it from establishing an assembly to draft a new constitution.
穆尔西的统治不民主的说法产生于他一再试图让民选议会和总统逃脱军队设置的反民主陷阱。2011—2012年穆斯林政党在议会选举大获全胜后，军队领导层和最高法院（由穆巴拉克时期法官把持）设法颠覆新议会，阻止它召开大会起草新宪法。