.jpg)
The Egyptian military have fired the cabinet of prime minister Ahmed Shafiq. In his place they appointed former transport minister Essam Sharaf. Sharaf, who served as a minister from 2002-2004 and after that became a professor at Cairo University, only heard about his nomination on Thursday morning. He immediately started consultations to form a new cabinet.
The firing of Shafiq, who was appointed by former president Mubarak only days before he himself left office, was done in a clear attempt to defuse the tension of the repeated street protests during which was demanded to fire the government, whichy - apart from Shafiq himself - contained several ministers from the period Mubarak, like minister of foreign affairs Abul Gheit or justice minister Marei. For tomorrow, Friday, a call for a new demonstration had gone out already.
No comments:
Post a Comment