The opponents of Husni Mubarak demonstrate their strength: Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians to come together for the hour in Cairo's Tahrir Square to protest against the hated regime. The president can not appease the protesters with his concessions. Red, White, Black, these are the colors in Cairo's Tahrir Square.
Almost everyone wears them - on headbands and flags. These are the colors of Egypt and for the demonstrators, they are more than a commitment to the North African country. Above all, they are a sign of protest against President Hosni Mubarak. Hundreds of thousands are on Tuesday followed the demonstration call, they come from all parts of the country's capital city, many for the first time among the protesters.
Such as a teacher in Cairo: "I now realize that they must not be afraid." On the Tahrir Square of protesters filled the scenes from play like a festival: parents came with their children, they carry on their shoulders, you can buy popcorn and dates. And everywhere there are stands with the flags and headbands.
"He's a stubborn-headed man" The goal of the demonstrators is still clear: the resignation of Hosni Mubarak. The President had apparently still not understood that his time is over, says Afaf Naged. "He's a stubborn-headed man," the 71-year-old said of Mubarak. The controversial president must reckon with further massive protest of his countrymen - the mass flow in the afternoon more and more on the central square of the capital.
Checks by the military remains calm. No one wants to see this mix Mubarak supporters with weapons in the peaceful demonstrators. On Friday, the next demonstration is planned against the regime. The protesters want to prove their strength. Some fall in the meantime, however, difficult: In the country more than 40 percent of the population live on less than two dollars a day - some to see why no other choice but to go back to work.
The president signaled his opponents on Tuesday courtesy and ordered the revision of the Constitution, as Vice-President Omar Suleiman announced on state television. This was agreed on Sunday in talks with opposition representatives. Last week, Mubarak said, in September not to want to present themselves as candidates, and made a change to the controversial constitutional articles 76 and 77 to the debate.
This set high hurdles for the presidential candidacy and allow the president an unlimited number of terms. As a further concession, the President ordered the establishment of a commission to investigate the violence against the protesters. The Commission should investigate the "horrible and unacceptable" violence last Wednesday on the Tahrir Square, which had led to "innocent victims among the demonstrators." Many people were killed last Wednesday, as supporters took action against the Mubarak government opponents.
It had become, according to allegations in the Mubarak supporters if they were paid thugs. The human rights organization Human Rights Watch reported that the two-week protest had been at least 297 people dead. The death toll will rise, but probably not. Mubarak also spoke in favor of continuing the dialogue started on Sunday with the opposition.
This should allow "a precise timetable for a peaceful transfer of power and organized with respect for the Constitution" to work out how Suleiman said. On Monday Prime Minister Ahmed Schafik had after the first session of the new cabinet, which had been transformed as a result of the protests, said that the wages of government employees and any pensions from 1 April would be increased by 15 percent.
The demonstrators on Tahrir Square can be of Mubarak's announcement, however, not affected
Almost everyone wears them - on headbands and flags. These are the colors of Egypt and for the demonstrators, they are more than a commitment to the North African country. Above all, they are a sign of protest against President Hosni Mubarak. Hundreds of thousands are on Tuesday followed the demonstration call, they come from all parts of the country's capital city, many for the first time among the protesters.
Such as a teacher in Cairo: "I now realize that they must not be afraid." On the Tahrir Square of protesters filled the scenes from play like a festival: parents came with their children, they carry on their shoulders, you can buy popcorn and dates. And everywhere there are stands with the flags and headbands.
"He's a stubborn-headed man" The goal of the demonstrators is still clear: the resignation of Hosni Mubarak. The President had apparently still not understood that his time is over, says Afaf Naged. "He's a stubborn-headed man," the 71-year-old said of Mubarak. The controversial president must reckon with further massive protest of his countrymen - the mass flow in the afternoon more and more on the central square of the capital.
Checks by the military remains calm. No one wants to see this mix Mubarak supporters with weapons in the peaceful demonstrators. On Friday, the next demonstration is planned against the regime. The protesters want to prove their strength. Some fall in the meantime, however, difficult: In the country more than 40 percent of the population live on less than two dollars a day - some to see why no other choice but to go back to work.
The president signaled his opponents on Tuesday courtesy and ordered the revision of the Constitution, as Vice-President Omar Suleiman announced on state television. This was agreed on Sunday in talks with opposition representatives. Last week, Mubarak said, in September not to want to present themselves as candidates, and made a change to the controversial constitutional articles 76 and 77 to the debate.
This set high hurdles for the presidential candidacy and allow the president an unlimited number of terms. As a further concession, the President ordered the establishment of a commission to investigate the violence against the protesters. The Commission should investigate the "horrible and unacceptable" violence last Wednesday on the Tahrir Square, which had led to "innocent victims among the demonstrators." Many people were killed last Wednesday, as supporters took action against the Mubarak government opponents.
It had become, according to allegations in the Mubarak supporters if they were paid thugs. The human rights organization Human Rights Watch reported that the two-week protest had been at least 297 people dead. The death toll will rise, but probably not. Mubarak also spoke in favor of continuing the dialogue started on Sunday with the opposition.
This should allow "a precise timetable for a peaceful transfer of power and organized with respect for the Constitution" to work out how Suleiman said. On Monday Prime Minister Ahmed Schafik had after the first session of the new cabinet, which had been transformed as a result of the protests, said that the wages of government employees and any pensions from 1 April would be increased by 15 percent.
The demonstrators on Tahrir Square can be of Mubarak's announcement, however, not affected
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