Cairo, July 10 : Egypt's interim President Adli Mansour appointed Tuesday ex-finance minister Hazem al-Beblawi as prime minister and leading figure of the National Salvation Front (NSF) Mohamed ElBaradei as vice president for foreign affairs in the transitional government.
Al-Beblawi served as the finance minister in the cabinet of former prime minister Essam Sharaf, who resigned in late November 2011.
ElBaradei, the leader of the NSF, who is in opposition to ousted president Mohamed Morsi's administration, was the former head of the International Agency for Atomic Energy.
On Wednesday, the embattled Morsi was ousted by the army after millions of people took to the streets to protest against his " poor performance" and "maladministration" since he took office a year ago. The armed forces then handed over power to Adli Mansour, the head of the Supreme Constitutional Court, to run the country for a transitional period.
On late Saturday evening, Egypt's newly-appointed presidential media adviser denied the appointment of ElBaradei as the country's interim prime minister. Salafist al-Nour Party objected the appointment of ElBaradei due to his liberal affiliation.
Meantime, the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, also rejected ElBaradei's nomination.
Later on Tuesday, the armed forces in an audio speech aired on state TV, said "no faction should be deviated from the crisis track, because the nation's destiny is more sacred than hindering the public interests, no matter what the excuses are."
Defense Minister Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi stressed in the speech that the nation's destiny wouldn't be a field for conspiracies, or political maneuvers.
The death toll of Monday's clashes between security forces and supporters of the deposed president rose to 51, while 435 were injured with birdshots and live bullets.
For its part, the FJP said the incident was a "human massacre" inflicted on peaceful citizens who protested against "a military coup," which ousted the elected president last week, urging the people for "uprising."
Egypt's interim president Adli Mansour adopted a temporary constitutional declaration Monday, outlining a timetable for the transitional period which begins the day the charter was issued and lasts at least for six months until presidential elections are held.
In the military statement, al-Sisi reaffirmed that the legitimate interim president and representative for the highest judicial authority has issued a constitutional declaration with fixed timetable for the constitution rebuilding, in a way that guarantees and achieves the people's will.
The caretaker president's roadmap, outlined in his constitutional declaration, sends reassuring messages to the Egyptians and tends to set off the development with transparency, added the defense minister.
Source: New Kerala.
Link: http://www.newkerala.com/news/story/39581/egypts-caretaker-president-appoints-interim-pm-vice-president.html.
Al-Beblawi served as the finance minister in the cabinet of former prime minister Essam Sharaf, who resigned in late November 2011.
ElBaradei, the leader of the NSF, who is in opposition to ousted president Mohamed Morsi's administration, was the former head of the International Agency for Atomic Energy.
On Wednesday, the embattled Morsi was ousted by the army after millions of people took to the streets to protest against his " poor performance" and "maladministration" since he took office a year ago. The armed forces then handed over power to Adli Mansour, the head of the Supreme Constitutional Court, to run the country for a transitional period.
On late Saturday evening, Egypt's newly-appointed presidential media adviser denied the appointment of ElBaradei as the country's interim prime minister. Salafist al-Nour Party objected the appointment of ElBaradei due to his liberal affiliation.
Meantime, the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, also rejected ElBaradei's nomination.
Later on Tuesday, the armed forces in an audio speech aired on state TV, said "no faction should be deviated from the crisis track, because the nation's destiny is more sacred than hindering the public interests, no matter what the excuses are."
Defense Minister Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi stressed in the speech that the nation's destiny wouldn't be a field for conspiracies, or political maneuvers.
The death toll of Monday's clashes between security forces and supporters of the deposed president rose to 51, while 435 were injured with birdshots and live bullets.
For its part, the FJP said the incident was a "human massacre" inflicted on peaceful citizens who protested against "a military coup," which ousted the elected president last week, urging the people for "uprising."
Egypt's interim president Adli Mansour adopted a temporary constitutional declaration Monday, outlining a timetable for the transitional period which begins the day the charter was issued and lasts at least for six months until presidential elections are held.
In the military statement, al-Sisi reaffirmed that the legitimate interim president and representative for the highest judicial authority has issued a constitutional declaration with fixed timetable for the constitution rebuilding, in a way that guarantees and achieves the people's will.
The caretaker president's roadmap, outlined in his constitutional declaration, sends reassuring messages to the Egyptians and tends to set off the development with transparency, added the defense minister.
Source: New Kerala.
Link: http://www.newkerala.com/news/story/39581/egypts-caretaker-president-appoints-interim-pm-vice-president.html.
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