He had already backed off twice: once in July 2012, when he abandoned his effort, under pressure from the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, to reinstate the elected parliament; and once when he tried to remove the public prosecutor by making him Egypt’s ambassador to the Holy See.
Para Morsi, o dilema era que o Tribunal Constitucional pudesse derrubar a lei, fazendo com que o esforço ficasse sem sentido.