Cairo, February 03: The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s main opposition group, has rejected speculations that the country will be put in turmoil if President Hosni Mubarak steps down.
“Some people think if the president leaves the country, there will be turmoil. That’s not correct. Because according to the Constitution, chief of Egypt’s Supreme Court can replace the president. Besides, the interim government can handle the affairs until parliamentary, presidential and city council elections are held,” a spokesman for the Muslim Brotherhood, Jamal Nassar, told Media.
He further pointed out that Mubarak’s resignation is a unanimous public demand.
“All those people who are at Tahrir Square or in any other place have one same request. They want President Hosni Mubarak to step down. But unfortunately Mubarak is clinging to power.”
The spokesperson said that the Muslim Brotherhood would cooperate with other political parties to get Egypt out of the crisis, reiterating that the group was not after power.
“Muslim Brotherhood cooperates with Dr [Mohamed] ElBaradei and other political parties in order to get Egypt out of the current crisis that has been created by the Egyptian regime led by President Hosni Mubarak. Muslim Brotherhood is not interested in power. What’s important for us is the interests of the people of Egypt,” he noted.
Egypt entered the tenth day of revolution protests on Thursday as the crackdown on demonstrators calling for the ouster of Mubarak is turning more violent.
The protesters want Mubarak to end his 30-year rule, saying protests will continue until he resigns, but the embattled president has so far defied widespread public calls for his resignation.
Egypt opposition defies army orders to stay home, saying protests will continue until Mubarak resigns. The opposition has called for another massive rally on Friday; a day which is called ‘the day of departure’ for Mubarak.
A report by the United Nations says at least 300 people have so far been killed and thousands more injured during nationwide protests in troubled Egypt.
——–Agencies