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Thousands
of protesters remain in Cairo's Tahrir Square
Wednesday February 09, 2011 03:11:39 PM,
DPA
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Cairo: Thousands of
Egyptians Wednesday continued to camp out in protest in Cairo's Tahrir square, after a mass rally the day before to pressure
President Hosni Mubarak to step down.
Overnight UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called for the Egyptian
government to enact a transition "the sooner, the better", but
stopped short of calling on Mubarak to resign immediately.
Tuesday's rally in Cairo had seen a partial renewal of early
numbers and enthusiasm from the anti-Mubarak protestors, with
estimates putting the crowd at hundreds of thousands, with many of
them, chanting for the ousting of Mubarak, dissolving the
parliament and constitutional reforms.
Protesters are now hoping for another "one million-strong rally"
Friday in Tahrir, and more demonstrations nationwide, as a way to
show their rejection for the government's overture and promises of
reform.
Mubarak has approved three committees to oversee promised reforms.
A judiciary committee will look into constitutional amendments and
set both term limits on the presidency and expand who can run for
the highest seat in the country.
Two other committees are also to follow up on promises of reform
and to investigate last week's attacks on anti-Mubarak
demonstrators that left at least 11 dead and hundreds injured.
However, Mubarak, who has been in power for nearly 30 years,
rejected calls for him to step down and vowed to stay on as
president until September, when his term ends.
In New York, UN chief Ban renewed a call for the Egyptian
government and people to work out an "orderly and peaceful
transition ... the sooner, the better". Yet, he avoided calling on
Mubarak to immediately resign, taking the same position adopted by
many governments including the US.
US Vice President Joe Biden urged the newly-appointed Vice
President Omar Suleiman to work with opposition groups to forge a
"roadmap" for a "orderly" political transition.
Suleiman met representatives of various opposition groups,
including the country's largest opposition the Muslim Brotherhood,
during which he promised to allow for greater freedom of
expression and to hold re-elections for a number of disputed seats
in
parliament.
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