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El
Baradie joins anti-government protest in Egypt
Friday January 28, 2011 08:23:17 AM,
IANS
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Cairo: Former chief of
UN nuclear watchdog agency and Egypt's reformist leader Mohamed El Baradie arrived in Cairo to join the ongoing protests against the
country's 30-year rule of President Hosni Mubarak.
The anti-government activists have planed a massive rally in the
capital Friday.
The protesters want the government to end its 30-year state of
emergency and pass a law preventing a president from serving more
than two terms, and want the Interior Minister Habib al-Adly to
resign.
"The barrier of fear is broken," El Baradie, former chief of the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), told reporters at the
Cairo airport.
He said that he returned to Egypt as it is a critical time and he
has to join forces with the people. He said it is time for
President Mubarak to quit, Xinhua reported.
"We have been calling for change for a year, but the regime has
not listened to us," El Baradie was quoted as saying.
"It's a process, change cannot take place over night," said the
68-year-old leader who hailed Egyptian youth for taking
inspiration form Tunisia's "Jasmine Revolution".
Protests in Egypt broke out this week after opposition groups
waged an internet campaign inspired by the uprising in Tunisia,
where weeks of unrest eventually toppled president Zine al-Abidine
Ben Ali earlier this month.
Thousands of demonstrators took part in the protest in which at
least four people were killed so far, according to media reports.
Egyptian security officials have detained more than 700
demonstrators across the country.
Before arriving in Cairo, El Baradie told reporters in Vienna that
he is ready to lead an interim government if Egyptians succeed in
overthrowing the current government.
El Baradie formed the National Coalition for Change in 2010,
bringing together several of Egypt's opposition groups seeking
political reforms in the country, including transparent
presidential elections and ending the emergency law.
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