EXTRA: Egypt speaker: Government failed to follow parliament

Sun, 30 Jan 2011

Cairo - Egyptian Parliamentary Speaker Fathi Sorour said Sunday that the new government had met the previous night to discuss the problem of corruption and high unemployment in the country.

"The former government failed to implement the recommendations of parliament," said Sorour, one of the ruling National Democratic Party's most high-profile figures.

The main priority now was "to retain the stability of the nation," he said, and to "stand up to any attempts" to destabilize it.

"Games" had been played by the ruling party and some of the security forces which had caused unrest during the last elections in November, he said.

According to the constitution, Sorour would lead an interim government should President Hosny Mubarak become incapacitated.

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/365015,government-failed-follow-parliament.html.