Egypt's new president has backed away from announcing that pro-reform leader Mohamed ElBaradei would be the interim prime minister.
A spokesman for interim President Adly Mansour, Ahmed el-Musilamani, said that consultations were continuing over would be the interim prime minister in the chaotic country.
He denied reports that the appointment of the Nobel Peace laureate was ever certain.
According to Fox News, a senior opposition official, Munir Fakhry Abdelnur, said that the reversal was because the ultraconservative Salafi el-Nour party objected to ElBardei's appointment.
After a night of clashes that claimed at least 36 lives and injured more than 200, both sides appeared to be preparing for the possibility of more violence.
In a further sign of the concern the unrest could spin out of control, Mansour held talks with the army chief and Defense Minister General Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, as well as Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim, the report said.
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According to the report, it was the first time Mansour has worked out of the president's main offices since he was sworn-in Thursday as the country's interim leader.
Mansour also met with leaders of Tamrod, or Rebel, the youth movement that organized the mass anti-Morsi demonstrations, the report added.
