Monday, January 31, 2011

Muslim Brotherhood And El Baradei In Talks To Form Post-Mubarak Government In Egypt

From Jihad Watch:

Muslim Brotherhood, ElBaradei in talks to form post-Mubarak govt in Egypt


Such a government would be the first step toward an Islamic state in Egypt. "Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood eyes unity gov't without Mubarak," from Haaretz, January 30 (thanks to Benedict):



The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's largest opposition group,is [sic] in talks with other anti-government figures to form a national unity government without President Hosni Mubarak, a group official told DPA on Sunday....

Gamal Nasser, a spokesman for the Brotherhood, told DPA that his group was in talks with Mohammed ElBaradei - the former UN nuclear watchdog chief - to form a national unity government without the National Democratic Party of Mubarak.



The group is also demanding an end to the draconian Emergency Laws, which grant police wide-ranging powers[.] The laws have been used often to arrest and harass the Islamist group.



Nasser said his group would not accept any new government with Mubarak. On Saturday the Brotherhood called on President Mubarak to relinquish power in a peaceful manner following the resignation of the Egyptian cabinet.



Speaking to CNN later Sunday, ElBaradei said he had a popular and political mandate to negotiate the creation of a national unity government.



"I have been authorized -- mandated -- by the people who organized these demonstrations and many other parties to agree on a national unity government," he told CNN.



"I hope that I should be in touch soon with the army and we need to work together. The army is part of Egypt," the opposition leader added....



Posted by Robert on January 30, 2011 11:44 AM

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