Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Egyptian Cabinet Retreat, Mass protest form again

Mass protests held again in Egypt, yesterday, a day after a cabinet retreat. Tens of thousands of people thronged the Tahrir Square, Cairo, answered the call of a million people protested to increase the pressure of military leaders to hand over power to civilian government.

Thousands of people also broke through the eyes pemedih gas that is sprayed into the Tahrir Square, the center of the protests that erupted since Friday. They were desperate against the generals who replaced Mubarak but are reluctant to hand over power.

They bring an open casket containing the body of a man of 36 who were killed during the demonstrations took place. The riots were re-occur, especially in the streets between the field and interior ministry buildings.
Field and the surrounding streets has been the scene of fierce clashes between protesters and security forces in recent days.

People who are injured due to spray gas and rubber bullets pemedih eyes treated at emergency clinics around the field, said media officer.

It happened when the generals struggling to cope with the resignation of the cabinet, three days after the bloodshed that harm Egypt's first free elections planned in several decades.The election was originally going to be implemented 28 November next.

Not Yet Received
Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) in power in Egypt was holding talks with political leaders, a day after the military-appointed civilian cabinet offered to resign.

Admiral Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, chairman of the SCAF, is scheduled to deliver a statement last night, Egyptian television reported. But according to military sources, Tantawi and his colleagues will not formally accept the resignation of PM Essam Sharaf-led government until they agree on new prime minister.

It remains unclear whether the military will replace the cabinet as a whole or just the interior minister and information that is not popular.

Military council was determined to keep hold parliamentary elections scheduled for next Monday, but the bloody riots in the heart of Cairo and elsewhere that make the planned elections are threatened.

Muslim Brotherhood, the Freedom Party and the equation is regarded as the strongest candidate in the election, also took part in negotiations with four other parties. Three presidential candidates were also present, except the fourth candidate, Mohamed ElBaradei.

''Elections have to be implemented on time and we will arrange a special schedule nautical transition period,''said Saad AEL-Katatni, Freedom and Equality Party general secretary.

Based on military plans, the parliament will appoint a panel of election districts for the constitution in six months. The Constitution would then be submitted in a referendum, after which the newly elected president to take over power from the military council.