Egypt press tackled different issues concerning the Egyptian Stock Exchange, which plunged by 1.67 percent and the Egyptian Minister of Interior Mansour el-Essawi's statement about firing police officers accused of killing January 25 Revolutionaries. Youm7: Top sources at the Egyptian Cabinet said the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) prepared a comprehensive plan to face political and secure repercussions and to widen confidence between Egyptian citizens and the military Council. Sources added the decision-makers did not rule out reoccurrence of security chaos, so the military council put forth a plan; The plan includes following factors: • Appointing Mohssen el-Fangary as the new Minister of Interior. • Appointing the Minister of Information, Osama Heikal, to be the spokesman of the Military Council. • Controlling the Suez Canal waterway and Egyptian-Israeli borders. • Deploying security forces around prisons, all courts, television and Radio station headquarters. • Forming a Coalition government consisting of Revolutionary Parties. In other news, Egyptian General Prosecutor, Abdel Magid Mahmoud, issued a statement concerning the outcomes of the investigations, 22 cases including the former President Hsoni Mubarak and former Minister of Interior, Habib el-Adly. Al-Ahram: According to state-run newspaper Al-Ahram, assisant of the Minister of Interior, Abdeen Youssef, announced the names those who won a pilgrimage through a competition. Egyptian Minister of Information announced a list of workers wages in Maspiro. He was appointed Minister to be responsible of several problems, including the wages. AL-Akhbar: Representatives of the Delegation of Revolution consist of 30 Egyptian youth and met with the Egyptian Prime Minister, Essam Sharaf. The youth submitted to Sharaf a list of eight requests, including making a Ministerial reshuffle within a week, issuing new changes and governors before the upcoming month, charging the Minister of Interior to clean the Ministry of all corrupted figures and martyrs' killers. Meanwhile, Israel recognized the State of South Sudan and offered economic aid to the newborn country. Al-Wafd: Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Shara's Statement aroused the revolution again, especially in Tahrir Square. As a response to his statement, certain national powers announced their civil disobedience starting next Friday if their demands are not met. The Judges' Club in the governorate of Mansoura decided to allow 12 days to have their demands achieved. Demands include Judiciary independency from the Ministry of Interior, cancellation the decision to fire Judge Amir Awad and issuing a new Judiciary Law. Al-Masry Al-Youm: Egyptian Trade Union criticized Sharaf's statement since it did not meet any of the demands of protestors in Tahrir Square. The Union said the statement is “unfit for the revolution.” Meanwhile, a great number of Judges welcomed Sharaf's statement about allocating criminal Courts for trials only against corrupted people and who are accused of killing the protesters of the revolution. The Judges believe Sharaf statement lifted a great burden off of them. However, other judges condemned Sharaf's decision of firing the police officers who killed the January 25 Revolution martyrs. Al-Dostor: Demonstrators in Tahrir Square held up signs calling out for the ousting of Sharaf's government. They announced their demands include releasing all political prisoners, canceling laws that criminalize sits-in and strikes, allocating judiciary constituencies consist of honorable judges to prosecute the killers of demonstrators, reclaiming smuggled money, dissolving the Egyptian Trade Union Federation, ratifying a new State's General budget, linking the prices rates with wages and pensions, and appointing a decent Minister of Interior and rehabilitation of police sector. In related news, five presidential nominees described Sharaf's statement as a “painkiller.” They said this statement is not enough to bypass the problems in Egypt. Al-Shorouq: Chairman of the International Union for Muslim scholars, Youssef Qaradawi, announced his support of presidential nominee Abdel Moneim Aboul Fetouh, a former member of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB). Al- Gomhorreya: Chairman of Cairo Court of Cassation, Abdel-Aziz Omar, decided not to refer any cases to the Cairo Criminal Courts, which now investigate cases concerning the highest corrupted figures of the former regime and police officers charged with killing the revolutionary demonstrators.
