According to the Daily News Egypt, activists there are dissatisfied with the rumoured shape of the new cabinet of ministers due to be announced soon to work with the army council which has replaced president Mubarak.
The Daily News quotes Hossam El-Hamalawy, a socialist journalist and blogger. “Whether there are ‘respectable’ names or not, any cabinet formed under Ahmed Shafiq and the generals of Mubarak cannot be good in the current conditions. The regime is still there, we only got rid of Mubarak.”
While Egypt is currently under military rule, the armed forces promised that it will rule for an interim period of six months until elections take place, stressing that it will hand Egypt over to civilian rule.
“I cannot expect much positivity coming from generals who were loyal to Mubarak for 30 years,” El-Hamalawy said, “We will end up with a civilian government I think but we can end up like Turkey, which has a civilian government but if you cross the line the army steps in.”
“The military generals are part of Mubarak’s regime and I’m interested to see what their personal wealth amounts to, not just the other members of the regime. I respect all those who will go to Tahrir but for me the real battle is in the workplace. I firmly believe we should focus on supporting the [current] strikes and take Tahrir to our factories,” he added.
http://www.thedailynewsegypt.com/egypt/reshuffled-cabinet-met-with-dismay-as-new-members-defend-appointment-dp2.html.
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