Friday, February 11, 2011

Egyptian President refuses to leave power

.- Although not resign and refused to leave, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak announced in a televised address to the nation that delegated to the Vice President his powers and prerogatives under the Constitution. Mubarak stressed his decision to promote a peaceful transition of power and will not be submitted to the next election.

Hundreds of thousands of people in the emblematic Tahrir Square Cairo, who hoped the announcement of his resignation, broke into a roar of "Go, go!", After hearing the message. The indignation and even succeeded to silence the cries over the president's message, broadcast on a large screen placed in the square, the epicenter of the popular revolt that began on Jan.

25. Mubarak said that the demands of protesters demanding his immediate resignation, are fair and legitimate. He added that six constitutional amendments requested with respect to one of the protesters' demands and withdraw the emergency laws in force since 1981 and have been rejected by the population when the country's security permits.

Mubarak vowed to punish those behind the violence in the past two weeks and expressed his condolences to the families of the dead. With information from AP, AFP and Reuters

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