Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Egyptian-Deputy Prime Minister Yehia al-Gamal resigns

Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf accepted the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Yehia al-Gamal on Tuesday.Al-Gamal told national TV prior to his resignation that he wished to leave his post to return to teaching.“It’s my right now to rest, to find myself back at Cairo University and at law school among my students,” he said.“My nature is a professor and an academic,” al-Gamal added.Al-Gamal, 81, minister of administrative relations and prime ministry affairs prior to being part of what is referred to as “the revolution cabinet.”

Prime Minister Sharaf had announced a cabinet reshuffle would be announced within one week on Monday, in an address to the nation.Resignation and the reshuffle comes when public anger at the current cabinet for “ignoring the demands of the revolution,” continues to gain steam.

Protesters want speedy trials of the officers accused of killing protesters during the 18-day uprising that ousted former President Hosni Mubarak, is a top priority within the demands of the revolutionaries camped out in Cairo’s Tahrir Square.
Media agencies

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