According to sources close to the presidency, former UN nuclear watchdog chief and Egyptian opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei was chosen as Egypt’s interim prime minister and will be sworn in later Saturday.
Al Jazeera reports:
After a night of fierce fighting during which the Egyptian military opened fire on crowds of supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, the former ruling Muslim Brotherhood party announced another day of protests Saturday despite growing calls for peace.
“The masses will continue their civilized protests and peaceful sit-ins in Cairo until the military coup is reversed and the legitimate president is restored,” announced the Islamist coalition in a statement Saturday.
Clashes between the military and the Morsi supporters across the country Friday evening left 30 dead and more than 1,100 injured.
Reporting from Cairo, Democracy Now! correspondent Sharif Abdel Kouddous writes that the military’s crackdown on the Brotherhood, in the wake of what many are calling a coup d’etat, recalls elements of Egypt’s former Mubarek.
Though many are calling for the Muslim Brotherhood’s inclusion in a new coalition government, the group released a statement denouncing the “military coup staged against the elected president,” adding: “We refuse to participate in any activities with the usurping authorities.”
In his report on the increasingly tense situation in Cairo, Kouddous notes:
A spokesman for the United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon quoted him saying, “There is no place for retribution or for the exclusion of any major party or community,” Al Jazeera reports.
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