Thursday, February 3, 2011

Hosni Mubarak does not want to leave drive away from Egypt

Hosni Mubarak does not want to leave drive away from Egypt - he will not flee into exile, as required by millions of demonstrators. But he gave a televised speech in an orderly transition to a constitutional amendment. The dissidents oppose the proposal, they sense another feint. Cairo - Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians demonstrated for days and require Hosni Mubarak's immediate resignation - but the President shall be undeterred.


He does not flee in shame and disgrace abroad. Instead, he offers his opponents to an orderly withdrawal. In a highly anticipated speech Tuesday night announced that Mubarak, which was leaked to television news already, he will not run for another term. He had "independently of the current circumstances" never before had.

To the elections in September but wants the 82-year stay at the top of the North African country. A quick withdrawal - as demanded by the opposition - there will not be so at first. On the eighth day of protests against his regime, said Mubarak, by the end of the current term pave the way for free elections with the required changes to the constitution do.

The Constitution should be amended so that the office of the President is limited in the future. The strict rules for admission of candidates should be relaxed as well. His deputy, Omar Suleiman had ordered it to seek dialogue with all political forces. He aspires to a "peaceful transition of power", it said the president.

According to the American TV station MSNBC Mubarak was recorded in the State televised speech. Where the President was staying in the recording is unclear. The British "Guardian" anticipates, Mubarak was at the time in the resort of Sharm El-Sheik. It was the second time since the beginning of the uprisings that Mubarak himself publicly declared.

"Choosing between chaos and stability," In the face of mass protests was the head of state almost left. That on the central Tahrir Square in Cairo camp now whole families and with banners and shouting demand his resignation seemed to him not to bring calm. He talked a lot about his love for Egypt and that he had successfully led the country through wars and crises.

On the current situation, Mubarak expressed concern. Although the Egyptians had every right to peacefully demonstrate for their views, but the President also emphasized the dark side of the protest. The police will crack down on looters and arsonists act, taking advantage of national unrest during the uncertain situation of looting and vandalism, "he announced.

"The events of the past days require us to choose between chaos and stability," Mubarak said in his speech. He graduated from practical to go into exile. "This country is my home, and in this I'm going to die," he said. He is also a further demand of the population besides the immediate resignation for not.

The rebellious Egyptians demand that the president leaves the country. Masses can not be appeased on the Tahrir Square were also listen to immediately after the speech loud chants of "We do not go away, it goes away," chanted the demonstrators. In the center of Alexandria, it is of Arabic news channels, according to the broadcast of the speech came to a street battle.

The resentment in the demonstrating people is great, but Amr Mussa, Secretary General of the Arab League, warned the compromise Mubarak equal to sweep off the table. "I think that something was offered, which one should think carefully," he told the U.S. broadcaster CNN. But his reform offer and the proposed new start will the protesters not far enough.

A spokesman for the Egyptian opposition youth movement sixth April rejected the plan Mubarak. "We continue to protest until our demands are met, particularly the call for the resignation of Mubarak and his regime," said a spokesman. Opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei expressed his disappointment after the speech: "As always, he does not listen to his people." He called the move a "trick" to secure the retention of power, reports CNN.

The opposition wants to Friday, forcing the resignation of the president. Mubarak's speech to an urgent appeal by the U.S. government went ahead. According to the newspaper "New York Times," President Barack Obama had called the President, not to face re-election. Former U.S. ambassador in Cairo, Frank Wisner, had conveyed a message Obama, they say.

For the report, there were initially no confirmation. For days, the Egyptians demonstrate against the three decades-long rule of the despot Hosni Mubarak. From a revolt of the young generation now a million protest has become. According to the Arab television station al-Jazeera went on Tuesday in Cairo alone more than a million people on the street.

It was the biggest rallies since the start of the wave of protests over a week ago.

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