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Mubarak to issue apology to Egyptians and ask for amnesty
by Joseph Earnest November 29, 2011
Newscast Media, CAIRO, Egypt – Despite last week's bloody clashes in Cairo, elections went smoothly with a surprisingly large turnout as Egyptians seek to form a new civilian government. While voters waited patiently in line for a chance to vote, former President Hosni Mubarak was in his hospital room at Sharm al-Sheikh resort, drafting a letter with an apology and imploring Egyptians to offer him and his family amnesty. The letter is intended to be broadcast in Egypt and across the Arab world.
"However transparent Mr. Mubarak's strategy might be, it could offer Egypt's current military rulers a way out from prosecuting their ailing former boss. In any case, it is considered unlikely that the courts would condemn Mr. Mubarak to death—as some revolutionaries have demanded—or even incarcerate him," Al Arabia News reported.
Meanwhile, director of Yafa Research Center in Egypt Rafat Sayyed Ahmad, accused the US, Qatar and Saudi Arabia of sowing discord between the Egyptian nation and army in a bid to prevent a peaceful holding of elections in the country.
"The US and the Persian Gulf Arab states have plans to sow discord between the Egyptian nation and army in a bid to prevent a peaceful holding of elections in the country," he said.
"We are living under such circumstances that horizontal and vertical gaps have widened so much that we don't know which stream approves or disapproves of a given option and this is mainly the result of the efforts made by certain Persian Gulf countries, such as Qatar and Saudi Arabia, along with the US," Ahmad told Iran’s FARS News Agency on Monday. (pop-up)
About 17 million eligible voters were expected to participate in the first stage of voting. According to state-run Al-Ahram the largest news distribution in Egypt, the second stage begins on December 14, with a run-off on December 21, and includes the governorates of Giza, Beni Sweif, Menoufiya, Sharqiya, Ismailia, Suez, Beheira, Sohag and Aswan. The third stage kicks off on January 3, with a run off on January 10, 2012. It includes Minya, Qalioubiya, Gharbiya, Daqahliya, North Sinai, South Sinai, Marsa Matrouh, Qena and Al-Wadi Al-Gedid. Add comments>>
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