With the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi on July 3, Egypt entered a new transitional phase, the country’s third in recent years. Driven by Morsi’s policies since assuming power, a grassroots movement that eventually swelled to millions calling for his outright removal had in fact begun with a different demand: early presidential elections. Elections, they believed, would either reveal the real scale of Morsi’s popular support after a year in power, or would see him removed from his position, democratically. With Morsi rejecting the call for early presidential elections, the army stepped in on July 3 and announced a new ‘roadmap,’ outlining Egypt’s trajectory for the coming months.