Wednesday, February 2, 2011

One million Egyptians against the Government

Egyptian Armed Forces said they did not shoot at peaceful protests, and they recognize "the legitimacy of the demands of the people", after a march that aims to bring together today to a million people to demand the departure of President Hosni Mubarak, on the seventh day a rebellion that has killed at least 125 lives.

A similar march was announced in Alexandria. The military statement appeared as a further sign that the Army is willing to let the protests continue as long as they remain peaceful, even if they end with the departure of the president. If the president of 82 years, former commander of the Air Force lost the military support it propinaría him a fatal blow.

Mubarak was tired from taking the oath of new cabinet, in what appeared an attempt to be responsive to the popular fury. The most important change was the appointment of a retired police general, Mahmoud Wagdi, instead of Interior Minister Habib El-Adly, criticized by protesters for the brutality of security forces, as rejected in the streets and United States, the main ally of the president.

The event, similar to previous days, resisted protests with more than 10 000 people who chanted the demand that Mubarak leaves office, and whose family fled to his mansion in a wealthy suburb of London, in Britain, according to the British press. The British newspaper "The Sun" also said that employees at Heathrow Airport, west of London, saw the wife of the head of the Egyptian government to arrive at London.

Newspaper reports say the first out of the country was the president's son, Gamal, 47, who was just appointed by his father to assume the presidency, because of the crisis. Much of Cairo was paralyzed. Banks, schools and the stock market remained closed. There was also no train services, raising suspicions that the government is trying to prevent the population of the provinces to protest trip to the capital.

The internet access was disabled for the fourth straight day. People formed long lines to buy bread. About 120 of the 200 Mexican residents in Egypt told the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) in Mexico his desire to leave the Arab nation. The Foreign Ministry explained that Mexicans are not reported in danger or is contemplated to launch an "air bridge" to evict.

The Arab nation received 14.7 million visitors in 2010.

No comments:

Post a Comment