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Egypt's ruling military council chief meets president hopefuls
Sunday November 27, 2011 09:34:48 AM,
IANS
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Cairo: Head of Egypt's
ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), Hussein Tantawi
Saturday met two potential presidential candidates and discussed
with them the current situation in the country.
Tantawi held separate meetings with Mohamed ElBaradei, former IAEA
chief, and Amr Moussa, former Arab League (AL) secretary general,
who were both potential presidential candidates in the
presidential polls next year, reported Xinhua, citing the state
TV.
Meanwhile, newly appointed Prime Minister Kamal al-Ganzouri, who
replaced Essam Sharaf after his cabinet's resignation was accepted
by SCAF Tuesday, Saturday met a number of youths representing
several coalitions, in a bid to learn about their views on the new
government formation, which is reportedly to be announced within
days.
The official MENA news agency quoted a political activist as
saying that al-Ganzouri said Saturday that he expected the new
cabinet would be sworn in within 3 days.
However, al-Ganzouri has told reporters on Friday that the "new
government will not be formed before the parliamentary elections,
but it will not take long."
The parliamentary elections slated for Monday will begin on
schedule in nine governorates, said Abdel-Moez Ibrahim, chairman
of the High Judicial Elections Commission.
The elections will be held under full judicial supervision,
Ibrahim said.
The voting has been extended from one to two days in both the
first and run-off rounds in each of the three stages.
The fresh round of protests in major Egyptian cities, which
started on Nov 18, continued on Saturday, as some youth groups
called for another million-man march on Sunday after a mass
protest on Friday which saw tens of thousands of people on the
street.
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