Continued up to yesterday's assaults on state security in many neighborhoods of Cairo. This body, which supports the police, has been working for decades to collect confidential files of members of political parties and movements, a Salafist groups or people. A lot of confidential information were found at the headquarters of state security in Nasr City, while the attack on the headquarters of the square Lazogli has necessitated the intervention of the army, who fired into the air. According to the newspaper Al Doustur, were also found related files the American counter-terrorism strategies. The army, through facebook and texting, has asked the Egyptians to return any confidential document. The attacks have been reported to the safety of the atmosphere of the street revolution with clashes between demonstrators and baltagheia. These groups have reached Tahrir Square on Sunday night. Still continue the strikes of workers of the Suez Canal, employees, farmers, unemployed and precarious. The evening reached Tahrir Square, where they join to the poor neighborhoods of Embaba, Bulaq and Sayed Zeinab, who sleep in tents in the square.
After the appointment of new Prime Minister, seemed to be calm returned to the streets of Cairo. The new government, led by Essam Sharaf, was sworn in Monday evening in front of the head of the Supreme Council of the armed forces Hussein Tantawi. It is a government composed primarily of engineers. Change minister Foreign and justice, accused of having facilitated the transfer of assets abroad Mubarak. The first has been replaced by Nabil El Arab, former judge of the International Court of Justice. The new minister of justice but is Mohamed El Gendi, former Attorney General. Gen. Mansour El Essawi, former governor of Minya, is the new interior minister and will have the difficult task of reorganizing the Egyptian police. In addition, Emad Abu Ghazi, a professor of literature at the University of Cairo, was appointed minister of culture, with a mandate to secure the archaeological heritage of Egypt. It is not yet clear who will be the new oil minister. The last two ministers have held this office continue to face serious charges of corruption, despite their files are covered by state secrecy. After his resignation, former Prime Minister Shafiq has appeared in a television program issuer On Tv For the first time in the history of Egyptian television, journalists and guests in the studio were able to make direct accusations to the man next to President Mubarak on the use of security forces against demonstrators. The former premier is also involved in investigations of corruption in the construction of airports in Cairo and Alexandria.
The appointment of a caretaker government is a coalition of revolutionary victory of January 25. It was one of the requests that young people in the group were presented to the army. The coalition is made up of Tagammu activists, socialists, young members of the Wafd and the Muslim Brotherhood. At the headquarters of Tagammu in Talat Harb street, I met Khaled Telima, 27, a spokesman for the coalition. "In the interview with the army we have indicated Sharaf among the names for the post of prime minister because he was with us during the revolution. And the army has no place vetoes. " Khaled still see the huge crowd that celebrated the new prime minister "after his appointment, we met at his house Sharaf. We asked him not to choose any of the old regime. " In his meeting with the army, young people had submitted applications and social policies: "First of all, we need time to form new parties. Six months is not enough because there are elections, only the former of the PND and the Muslim Brotherhood would be ready. "" And - continues Khaled - we ensured that the army, to stop the strikes, it is necessary to take immediate action. We must form a Committee for Economic instituting a minimum wage, cancel the debts of farmers and contracted with precarious. If these things the new government it will not return to the streets March 19. "
Joseph Acconcia
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