The Egyptian army began Sunday to dismantle the institutions of the regime of Hosni Mubarak after the ousted president has ceded power Friday night. The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has announced the dissolution of the People's Assembly and Shura Council, both Houses of Parliament, and the suspension of the Constitution.Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, head of the Council, also said he would preside over the destiny of the country to organize the next parliamentary and presidential elections, that Mubarak had planned before his departure in six months.
Decisions that consider Cairenes whole "positive," according to Melissa Bell, special correspondent for FRANCE 24 in Egypt. But the political transition will be difficult.
Thousands of Egyptians gathered in Tahrir Square on Sunday night (instead of "Liberation", in French), Cairo, refused to leave the scene to "maintain pressure on the new government," said Melissa Bell."They told us to collect our belongings quickly or they would fall over," said Sunday, a protester at the microphone from our correspondents. "The army wants to suppress the revolution for failing to meet the demands of the demonstrators, they make us ... just promises," confided another. Some scuffles broke out elsewhere between soldiers and dozens of demonstrators. But all the protesters were asked to leave the square, the symbol of revolution, on Monday under the threat of the army that threatens to arrest them if they insist on staying.
Traffic has resumed for the first time in twenty days, around Tahrir Square. The soldiers removed all their dams, but maintain a significant presence.A return to normal as the organizers wanted the protest movement, even if they continue to call for holding events every Friday.Nagib Ahmed, spokesman of the "supervisory board of the revolution", explained on Sunday afternoon, the protesters "will come each week to celebrate our victory but also to ask the highest military authorities to respect its commitments."
Egypt in the post-Mubarak faithful to its international obligations
According to the Special Envoy of FRANCE 24, "the population as a whole, but trusted the military remains vigilant, because the army has still not responded to two of their demands: the release of political prisoners and the lifting of state of emergency."
For his part, Prime Minister Ahmed Shafik, said his first priority was to "restore security and facilitate the daily lives of the people." He also assured that the former president was still in the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, bordering the Red Sea, denying rumors of a move abroad.
Sunday always, nearly 1 000 police officers have also filed past the Interior Ministry to demand higher wages, better working conditions and the sentencing to death of their former minister, Habib el-Adli, revoked under pressure Street at the end of January.Accused of corruption and despised by much of the population, the police wanted to gather "for their honor." "We are not traitors," have we heard in the processions. They assured that they had received orders to brutally suppress the protests that began on January 25.
Side of international relations, Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi said the country remained committed by its international treaties and obligations. A message intended to allay the concerns of the United States and Israel about the future of the peace accords Israeli-Egyptian, who make Cairo a key partner for peace efforts in the region.
