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| Egypt PM to announce cabinet on Thursday |
| 2012-07-29 |
| CAIRO: Egypt's new In a sign of the military's continuing influence, it will choose the defense minister. Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, who ruled Egypt after Mubarak's ouster, served as the dictator's defense minister for two decades. Qandil has said he wants a government of technocrats and will appoint people based on their competence, which Mursi's aides say is crucial if the government is to implement the president's program. Mursi pledges to restore security, end fuel shortages and waste mismanagement in months, while bettering Egyptians' livelihoods. Meanwhile, an alliance of pro-democracy advocates has criticized Mursi for lacking transparency and alienating political groups with liberal leanings. The National Front alliance -- an umbrella group of democracy advocates, secularists and moderate Islamists behind the uprising that drove longtime authoritarian ruler Hosni Mubarak from power last year -- says Mursi has reneged on campaign promises to form a national unity government. At a press conference on Saturday, members of the alliance reminded Mursi that they supported him in the decisive round of presidential elections last month, helping him beat old-guard rival Ahmed Shafiq. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 The National Front alliance -- an umbrella group of democracy advocates, secularists and moderate Islamists behind the uprising that drove longtime authoritarian ruler Hosni Mubarak from power last year -- says Mursi has reneged on campaign promises to form a national unity government I suspect they'll be just as surprised, shocked and disappointed when they're lined up against an open trench in the desert. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2012-07-29 11:05 |