Sat Mar 6, 2010
As Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak prepares to undergo a surgery in Germany, he temporarily transfers his presidential powers to the country's prime minister.
Mubarak, 81, is to undergo medical tests in Heidelberg after he complained of annoying bladder pains on Friday while in Germany for talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel, Egyptian state television reported.
He has temporarily delegated executive powers to Ahmed Nazif until he returns to Cairo in a similar manner he had done in 2004 when he underwent a back surgery, the report added.
The health of President Mubarak, who has ruled Egypt for almost three decades, is usually a taboo subject in the country.
In 2007, rumors on the issue snowballed to such an extent that the president was forced to make an unscheduled public appearance to put an end to the speculations.
A year later, Ibrahim Eissa editor of the independent daily Al-Dustur, was sentenced to two months in prison for writing about Mubarak's health. He later received a presidential pardon.
With Mubarak's fifth six-year term as president ending in 2011, the Egyptian media is filled with speculation that his son Gamal is likely to succeed him.
Source: PressTV.
Link: http://edition.presstv.ir/detail/120147.html.
As Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak prepares to undergo a surgery in Germany, he temporarily transfers his presidential powers to the country's prime minister.
Mubarak, 81, is to undergo medical tests in Heidelberg after he complained of annoying bladder pains on Friday while in Germany for talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel, Egyptian state television reported.
He has temporarily delegated executive powers to Ahmed Nazif until he returns to Cairo in a similar manner he had done in 2004 when he underwent a back surgery, the report added.
The health of President Mubarak, who has ruled Egypt for almost three decades, is usually a taboo subject in the country.
In 2007, rumors on the issue snowballed to such an extent that the president was forced to make an unscheduled public appearance to put an end to the speculations.
A year later, Ibrahim Eissa editor of the independent daily Al-Dustur, was sentenced to two months in prison for writing about Mubarak's health. He later received a presidential pardon.
With Mubarak's fifth six-year term as president ending in 2011, the Egyptian media is filled with speculation that his son Gamal is likely to succeed him.
Source: PressTV.
Link: http://edition.presstv.ir/detail/120147.html.
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