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this is interesting, from Guardian live updates, so maybe the people would be ok with Suleiman during an interim period... i still have my doubts though tbh - i thought Suleiman had been involved in organising the pro-mubarak attacks by police/thugs on the peaceful protesters, no???
have to say it's quite amazing, though sometimes quite overwhelming, seeing these things unfold hour by hour due to digital media... imagine if our history books had such detail... wow...
have to say it's quite amazing, though sometimes quite overwhelming, seeing these things unfold hour by hour due to digital media... imagine if our history books had such detail... wow...
9.30am: Below the line, commenter hszmnedz, who has been giving us updates from Cairo throughout the week, explains what she says the demonstrators are calling for:
Day 10 and still strong, the peaceful pro-democracy demonstrations are calling for the following:
Mubarak should step down and delegate his power to the vice president to start a dialogue with a newly formed opposition coalition, observed by a neutral UN delegation, to a) establish a constitutional assembly to amend articles 77, 78 and 88 of the Egyptian Constitution to enable Egyptians to be candidates for presidency of the republic. The president should be from the people, elected by the people and cannot run for more than 2 terms, b) the state of emergency in effect for over 25 years should be lifted, c) establish monitory bodies for future elections from the judicial system, d) establish a national coalition body to monitor the transition during the next 6 months, e) organise elections according to international standards, f) permanently set guidelines for establishment of legal political parties that are not vetted by the national democratic party but by an independent neutral body, g) establish the rule of law and independent judiciary, h) elect a new parliament representative of all parties as the current parliment is based on forged elections.
In the immediate period we are calling for
1.The immediate cessation of the violence propagated by pro-mubarak thugs. Such elements should be arrested and brought to trial for their crimes.
2.Intensifying the presence of human rights bodies in Egypt to work closely with the opposition coalition to monitor human rights records in Egypt.
3.Immediate return of all communication means to the people and the intensification of foreign media in the country
4.An independent financial review body should be established from new government and opposition elements to a) investigate the source of wealth of Mubarak and his clique, and, b) evaluate the countries budgetary and financial policies and to bring forth recommendations to improve financial policies.