Supporters of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) announced what they called the “silent majority's uprising,” planned for Friday in Abbaseya Square. They plan to announce their support for the council and to respond to a million-man demonstration called for by demonstrators in Tahrir Square. The council's supporters announced their full support for a speech given by Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tanatwi Tuesday. Council supporters pointed out that Tanatwi's call for a national referendum to decide if the SCAF will stay in power is the legal right of all Egyptians that support the council.