(ANSAmed) - CAIRO, MAY 7 - The Egyptian Parliament is waiting
for the Military Council to make a decision about the destiny of
the government headed by Kamal el Ganzuri in the next 48 hours,
as stated by President Saaad el Katatni, a top-level member of
the Muslim Brotherhood, after a meeting between MPs, the Chief
of the military, Hussein Tantawi and the armed forces Chief of
Staff, Sami Annan.
Curently, there are three main options: the current
government's resignation, a cabinet reshuffle and forming a new
emergency national government, Katatni explained, emphasizing
that the participants in the meeting also discussed the issue of
the Parliament's control over the State budget. The Egyptian
Parliament had suspended itself for a week on April 29th, in
order to put pressure on the Military Council and obtain the
government's resignation. The day after, the Muslim Brotherhood
had announced that the military had committed itself to carry
out a cabinet reshuffle in the next two days. In those days,
violent clashes erupted near the Defence Ministry in Cairo,
while the forming of a new Constituent Assembly by the
Parliament remains to be considered; the first Assembly was de
facto dissolved by the judiciary due to a lack of balance
between the parties involved, with the clear predominance of
Islam-inspired groups. (ANSAmed).
