CAIRO (AP) — On the eve of the 60th anniversary of a coup that started decades of military rule, Egypt’s new president said Sunday that it failed to bring about democracy. He credited last year’s uprising with correcting the path.

Mohammed Morsi, the country’s first freely elected civilian and Islamist president, delivered the message at a time when his Muslim Brotherhood patrons are struggling to wrest authority from the country’s military, which has been at the center of power since the coup 60 years ago.

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