Looks like Tantawi and the military may have gone along with this to escape prosecution:
http://world.time.com/2012/08/12/has-egypts-muslim-brotherhood-staged-a-coup-against-the-military/Also, can someone explain what the current state of play is on the reinstatement of parliament? The courts dissolved parliament, because they said there was a constitutional problem with how the election was conducted, and SCAF then claimed legislative powers for itself until a new parliament is elected. Morsi then tried to reinstate them, but they only met for one day to formally lodge a complaint to the judiciary about being reinstated, and I'm not sure what the state of play is there. According to that Time article, Morsi is now claiming legislative powers for himself, and also taking control of the constitutional committee:
So yes, Morsi won the presidential election, and I'm glad that he's taking power away from the generals, but is he just doing it to grant himself dictatorial powers, with no checks from other branches of government?