COMMENTARY: Morsi Becomes More Tyrannical Than Mubarak as Egypt's President

When hundreds of thousands of Egyptians revolted against their autocratic president, Hosni Mubarak, and overthrew him as their leader in February 2011, they probably never dreamed that his replacement would be a president who would be even more tyrannical.

But that is exactly what has happened.

Mohamed Morsi -- who has been president of Egypt since June 2012 -- gave himself incredible dictatorial powers on November 22 by implementing a presidential decree that grants him unlimited powers.

The vast majority of Egypt's 83 million people are furious at Morsi for his "power grab" and are determined to continue their protests in Cairo and other Egyptian cities until he rescinds his decree or is no longer president.

His decree, in effect, makes Morsi the head of Egypt's executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government. Judges in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria -- Egypt's second largest city -- have gone on strike, and have agreed not to return to work until Morsi's decree is lifted.

Morsi -- a member of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Party -- claims he granted himself sweeping powers in order to "protect the revolution" that overthrew Mubarak. Most Egyptians, however, are too wise to believe that, and believe that Morsi is obsessed by his own power.

Morsi's self-empowering actions can be compared to those of Adolf Hitler when he was dictator of Nazi Germany. Some Egyptians have even given Morsi the nickname of "Egypt's new pharaoh."

The fact is that Egypt needs neither a Hitler-type dictator nor a pharaoh to lead its nation.

Either Morsi must rescind his omnipotent decree -- and soon -- or he must be overthrown by the Egyptian people.