PM Essam Sharaf

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PM Essam Sharaf

Essam Sharaf, the Prime Minister of Egypt, said he planned to change members of the cabinet within a week, and ordered that the senior police officers accused of crimes against protestors be expelled from the police forces, thus responding to a demand of the people who protest in the streets of Cairo.

He said the moment of reshuffle was an historical one, and demanded that the people give the government the opportunity to work for the future of Egypt and to fulfill the goals of the revolution.

Sharaf ordered that until July 15 action be taken against the senior police officers and the members of the former regime. They are to be rendered swift and public trials, as the people in the streets demanded.

He added that before the end of the month the governors of the provinces will be changed.

Essam Sharaf

Meanwhile, the sit-ins continue in Egyptian capital and in other cities of the country, while the people in the centre of Cairo, Tahrir Square, the famous place where the revolution happened, made seven demands: 1. the immediate release of the civilians arrested by the military, and their trials before civilian courts; 2. the establishment of a special court to judge those implicated in killing the protestors; 3. the sacking of the minister of interior, and his replacement by a civilian minister, and a plan to restructure the Interior Ministry and place it under judicial control; 4. the sacking of the prosecutor general, and his replacement by a respected personality; 5. putting Hosni Mubarak and his clan on trial for the political crimes against Egypt; 6. the redrawing of a budget that would answer the basic needs of the people; 7. the correct establishment of the boundaries of the prerogatives of the military rule, so that they do not infringe the powers of the cabinet.

A lack of trust exists in Egypt, analysts say, but a serious reshuffle that would bring new faces in most of the offices could give the prime minister a new chance.

Egyptian Protestors

Sharaf is said to have become a front for the military council, at least in the perception of most of the people in Egypt. The military council expressed its support for Sharaf’s government, and announced that no alteration of the transitional schedule would be allowed.

The council said that its mission was to organize parliamentary elections, to draft a new constitution, to see that a new president is elected, and to hand over the power to the people of Egypt.

There is a debate now in the new Egyptian society over the necessity to draft the Constitution before the elections, when the Muslim Brotherhood are expected to win many votes, thus influencing the new constitution toward a more Islamic society.

Some even tabled the idea of postponing the parliamentary elections by at most three months so that they may be conducted under the new constitution. It would seem that the idea is embraced even by those protesting in the streets of Cairo.

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