Egyptians Fear Morsi Becoming Authoritarian As Egypt's new president Mohammed Morsi strikes an assertive pose on the world stage, some Egyptians fear they may have replaced one authoritarian leader with another. Critics say Morsi - the nation's first democratically elected president - seeks a monopoly over decision-making and has accepted an aura of invincibility bestowed by the official media. Fueling the unease is Morsi's failure to deliver on any of his key campaign promises, including resolution in his first 100 days in office of five of the nation's most pressing problems: deteriorating security, shortages of fuel and subsidized bread, inadequate garbage collection and traffic. Morsi, who in June became the first Islamist ever to occupy the top post after longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak was ousted by a popular uprising last year, faces extremely high expectations. He has risen to power at a time when Egyptians have found the voice to demand social justice, freedoms and jobs after decades of perceived oppression, inequality and exploitation at the hands of Mubarak's regime and a small clique of powerful businessmen. The U.S.-educated engineer made a splash Wednesday at the U.N. General Assembly in New York where he passionately appealed for an end to the bloodshed in Syria, help for the Palestinians to establish their state and efforts to rid the Middle East of weapons of mass destruction. Addressing his Islamist constituency at home, he delivered a strong condemnation of a crude film that surfaced on the Internet this month, portraying Islam's Prophet Muhammad as a womanizer and a buffoon. 26, 2012 - In this image released by the Egyptian President, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, bottom center, addresses the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. But while Morsi has made an impression in the global arena, he is facing difficulties on the domestic front. "We changed a leader but not the regime," said Negad Borai, a prominent lawyer and rights activist. It is difficult to accurately assess his performance after he spent only three months in office, but he clearly has no vision and is going about governance haphazardly. Underscoring those fears, lawyers representing Morsi obtained a court ruling to shut down a private television station whose owner ranted against the president and the Muslim Brotherhood on air. The station's owner and a newspaper editor are facing criminal charges. Morsi also did not object to the imprisonment of a Christian for "insulting the president" - a seldom-used charge. An insider at the presidential palace, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information, says Morsi was not involved personally in a flurry of court cases against his critics, but the proceedings were initiated by lawyers from the Brotherhood or closely linked to the group. He also said that decision-making is restricted to Morsi and a small group of senior Brotherhood leaders who meet at the president's home in an upscale suburb in eastern Cairo. Alaa al-Aswani, a bestselling novelist and rights activist, wrote Tuesday in the independent newspaper Al Masry Al Youm that the time has come to take Morsi to task. He pointed to a series of cases in which police were accused of abusing suspects, which although nothing on the scale of the torture under Mubarak's regime. He also noted Morsi has secured the support of the powerful state-owned media. He also charged that Morsi is suppressing freedom of expression and has failed to deliver on his promises of inclusion by allowing Islamists to dominate the drafting of a new constitution.