CAIRO: A coalition led by the Muslim Brotherhood offered on Saturday negotiations to end the deadly tumult since Egyptian President Muhammad Mursi’s overthrow, without explicitly insisting on his reinstatement.

The coalition “calls on all revolutionary forces and political parties and patriotic figures to enter a deep dialogue on exiting the current crisis,” it said in a statement.

The coalition, which has organized weekly protests despite a harsh police crackdown, insisted in its statement on keeping up “peaceful opposition” but said it wanted a “consensus for the public good of the country.”

The proposal is the Brotherhood’s most flexible yet made in public, and comes “with no conditions,” a coalition official said.

It comes after more than 1,000 people, mostly Mursi supporters, have been killed in clashes with police and thousands more have been arrested.

Much of the Brotherhood’s leadership has been put on trial, including Mursi himself.

“We have no conditions, and neither should they,” Imam Youssef, a leader of the Asala party, which is part of the coalition, told AFP.

But he added the talks must lead to a “democratic” solution, and the coalition wanted them to start within two weeks.

The coalition was prepared to discuss “all solutions that lead to stability.”

The coalition is prepared to respect the demands of the millions of protesters who took to the streets calling for Mursi’s ouster, Youssef said.

“We want a democratic solution, and it does not necessarily mean we have to be in power,” he added.

Asked if the coalition would insist on Mursi’s return to office, he said: “We don’t want to get ahead of ourselves.”

Unlike previous offers, which all hinged on Mursi’s return to power prior to negotiations, the Brotherhood is pointedly vague on its end goals.

They demanded “a return to constitutional legitimacy and the democratic process with the participation of all political groups, without one group monopolizing the process or excluding any group.”