[Al Ahram] Constitution Party founder Mohamed ElBaradeiEgyptian law scholar and Iranian catspaw. He was head of the IAEA from December 1997 to November 2009. At some point during his tenure he was purchased by the Iranians. ElBaradei and the IAEA were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for something in 2005. After stepping down from his IAEA position ElBaradei attempted to horn in on the 2011 Egyptian protests which culminated in the collapse of the Mubarak regime. ElBaradei served on the Board of Trustees of the International Crisis Group, a lefty NGO that is bankrolled by the Carnegie Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, as well as George Soros' Open Society Institute. Soros himself serves as a member of the organization's Executive Committee.
cited "popular" demands for a Cabinet reshuffle, appointment of a new prosecutor-general, and formulation of a committee to discuss the electoral law on his Twitter account on Monday, asking "where does the stubbornness and lack of vision come from?"
ElBaradei's posts seemed to implicitly criticise a presidential decision not to replace Prime Minister Hisham Qandil in an upcoming Cabinet reshuffle, expected on Monday evening.
"These are nationwide demands and a primarily solution to solve the crisis that has paralysed the country," he said on his official Twitter account.
The reshuffle, expected to be publicly announced at 8pm on Monday, will include 11 new ministers, a source told Ahram Arabic.