In the midst of a day of unprecedented demonstrations, which at press time had left 29 dead, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, said he considered democratizing measures, including the resignation of his ministers and the formation today of a new cabinet. However, the leader of the nation's largest Arab population rejected his resignation as an option to overcome the worst crisis by passing his government since taking office in 1981.
"There will be no going back on the path of reforms that we have chosen. I have asked the government to resign, "said the Egyptian president, 82 years, while major cities such as Cairo, Alexandria and Suez, hundreds of thousands of people in the streets demanding the removal of Mubarak.
The announcement of the new cabinet and the president's promises were insufficient for the crowds who stayed on the streets defying the curfew, which was guarded by police with the support of the Army. The protests are part of a trail of popular revolt, similar to the one forced to resign two weeks ago, the Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. +(Small)+(Small)+esta.jpg)
"There will be no going back on the path of reforms that we have chosen. I have asked the government to resign, "said the Egyptian president, 82 years, while major cities such as Cairo, Alexandria and Suez, hundreds of thousands of people in the streets demanding the removal of Mubarak.
The announcement of the new cabinet and the president's promises were insufficient for the crowds who stayed on the streets defying the curfew, which was guarded by police with the support of the Army. The protests are part of a trail of popular revolt, similar to the one forced to resign two weeks ago, the Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
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