CAIRO - There is a plan and a clear timetable for the peaceful transfer of power in Egypt. A "road map" announced by the Egyptian Vice-President Omar Suleiman, and protests in Egypt will not calm down and thousands of people have returned to Tahrir Square to demand the resignation of President Mubarak, on the fifteenth day of the protest movement of the African country.
Suleiman also said that Mubarak has established a committee to amend the constitution: the reform particularly the number of candidates admitted to the presidential elections are scheduled for September. Mubarak, in power for thirty years, has already announced it will not run for a sixth term.
"The president signed a decree for the establishment of a commission to monitor the process of constitutional amendments and legislative amendments required," Suleiman said after a meeting with Hosni Mubarak on the results of Egyptian talks with various parties, according to by the Egyptian state television.
The committee's work will start immediately, has said Suleiman, also reports that Egypt "in the coming days will establish an independent commission to investigate the attacks on the protesters they would be accused of pro-Mubarak groups. The Egyptian president, concluded Suleiman, also said that protesters "will not suffer legal consequences, or restrictions and will not be denied their right to freedom of expression." In the coming days, meanwhile, the high representative of the European Union for Common Foreign Catherine Ashton would go to Egypt.
The Ashton will visit in Tunisia next week and would consider whether it is possible to expand this mission to other countries in the region, particularly Egypt, confirmed his spokesperson Maja Kocijancic. Last night, protesters in Cairo have slept under some tents or wrapped in blankets, many of them camped at the foot of the army deployed tanks along the various access points to the square.
On the Internet, the motion of April 6 has launched a new appeal for a mass demonstration that could already take place tonight: "No - we read on the online site - can stop us. We do this for our country." Sunday was started negotiating table between those in power and all the main opposition forces, among them the Muslim brothers, in view of "a peaceful transition of power based on the constitution." The protest movement began on January 25 with events across the country.
The occupation of Tahrir Square, which became the symbol of the revolt anti-Mubarak, took away some days later. The president has called for the formation of a commission of inquiry into the violence last Wednesday in the square, where deadly clashes have opposing supporters and opponents of the regime.
Suleiman also said that Mubarak has established a committee to amend the constitution: the reform particularly the number of candidates admitted to the presidential elections are scheduled for September. Mubarak, in power for thirty years, has already announced it will not run for a sixth term.
"The president signed a decree for the establishment of a commission to monitor the process of constitutional amendments and legislative amendments required," Suleiman said after a meeting with Hosni Mubarak on the results of Egyptian talks with various parties, according to by the Egyptian state television.
The committee's work will start immediately, has said Suleiman, also reports that Egypt "in the coming days will establish an independent commission to investigate the attacks on the protesters they would be accused of pro-Mubarak groups. The Egyptian president, concluded Suleiman, also said that protesters "will not suffer legal consequences, or restrictions and will not be denied their right to freedom of expression." In the coming days, meanwhile, the high representative of the European Union for Common Foreign Catherine Ashton would go to Egypt.
The Ashton will visit in Tunisia next week and would consider whether it is possible to expand this mission to other countries in the region, particularly Egypt, confirmed his spokesperson Maja Kocijancic. Last night, protesters in Cairo have slept under some tents or wrapped in blankets, many of them camped at the foot of the army deployed tanks along the various access points to the square.
On the Internet, the motion of April 6 has launched a new appeal for a mass demonstration that could already take place tonight: "No - we read on the online site - can stop us. We do this for our country." Sunday was started negotiating table between those in power and all the main opposition forces, among them the Muslim brothers, in view of "a peaceful transition of power based on the constitution." The protest movement began on January 25 with events across the country.
The occupation of Tahrir Square, which became the symbol of the revolt anti-Mubarak, took away some days later. The president has called for the formation of a commission of inquiry into the violence last Wednesday in the square, where deadly clashes have opposing supporters and opponents of the regime.
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