2011年4月8日星期五

Egyptian demonstrators call for Mubarak trial - AFP

Egyptian demonstrators call for Mubarak TrialBy Samer al-Atrush (AFP) - 3 hours

CAIRO - tens of thousands of Egyptians massed in Cairo's iconic Tahrir square on Friday two months after President Hosni Mubarak, was replaced on demand, that former regime officials including the veteran strongman deleted and be tried.

Waving flags and banners in protest dubbed the "day of the trial and cleansing" holds, promised demonstrators that the military ruling Council to promise of reform and the press on the right.

Regular rallies were the numbers this week because of the involvement of the Muslim Brotherhood, the largest place because Mubarak was overthrown on February 11, but significantly higher and were the most organized opposition movement.

"These corrupt people must be tried," said Fairuz al-Tayyeb, 27, Wizard.

She said, was the military Council that took power when Mubarak was replaced on promises for a free and democratic system stalling.

"I don't understand why they are so slow." I believe corruption everywhere, even in the military. But now we know our way and we will keep coming back each Friday to the country cleaned's, "she said how overhead was a military helicopter."

"There is still a delay in people, which damaged the Egyptians." "We are concerned they can do even more damage", said Sameh Ahmed, 35, a consultant development.

Hossam Bahgat, which the Egyptian initiative for personal rights, said that the protest was successful.

"People come first and foremost to keep the momentum." The transition process have predictability has been lacking, "Said Bahgat."

"The Friday protests are effective in the always two or three concessions each time so far."

Earlier, draped in Egyptian flags, for weekly prayers included Muslims Christians while the Muslim cleric Safwat al-Higazi Mubarak make criminal charges required.

"We just don't want him for the millions (of dollars) but also try for the blood", he said the amount. "We want to try him as he tried in State security courts, the people, but we want a popular procedure."

Mubarak, his wife Suzanne, and their two sons, where Alaa and Gamal, and their wives by prohibited travel, and had frozen their assets.

Higazi said the Presidential Palace, had to go the "cleansing" threatens to storm of the State television building regime elements still existed.

"The lazy smell of the regime is under their masks." We are ready to occupy this building, and to make managing a patriotic media, "he said."

Tahrir square had been the center of the massive nationwide protests, on 25 January that and lead to the overthrow of Mubarak, pass the power of the Supreme Council of the armed forces.

Protest promised political reforms, the new military rulers but before the Friday, several men describes itself as former officers publicly asked the Council democratic aspirations.

In a series of defiant videos on YouTube widely accuse men they say the talk for many members of armed forces of military Council thwart the objectives of the revolution.

A, Hatem Abbadi, accused of the Supreme Council of the armed forces of staging a counter-revolution under the direction of the head, field marshal Hussein Tantawi, who was his Secretary of Defense for two decades.

Another, Sharif Othman, who says he is a former officer, Tantawi of corruption accused and said Friday's protest in uniform, who would join to demand "Cleaning" of the military officers.

The military Council has warned that all civilian military uniform at the protest with trial in a military court would make, reported the Government Al-Ahram on Friday.

Several former Ministers and members of Mubarak's National Democratic Party must be provided as part of an extensive inspection point in corruption is investigated, but activists say pro-democracy figures still in court.

Was held on Thursday Mubarak's Chief of staff Zakariah Azmi for 15 days on suspicion of the acquisition of assets be illegal.

Azmi, one of the closest collaborators of the former President, is examined by an anti-corruption Panel, which called for questioning Mubarak's son Gamal.

Gamal will appear next week before the Panel is expected to.

The first members of Mubarak's regime face trial was much outlaws former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly, whose comprehensive security forces powers of arrest had right after the disaster.

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