Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: Egypt fires 669 officers to cleanse police force

Curioso, btw, che quanti avevano salutato come una vittoria dei FM la 
decisione di votare a settembre, ora che le elezioni (come richiedevano 
i dimostranti) sono state spostate a ottobre o a novembre, non parlino 
di sconfitta dei FM. Se la realtà non si adatta a quanto si è 
pre-giudicato, tanto peggio per la realtà? :)
http://www.asharq-e.com/news.asp?section=1&id=25876
Egypt fires 669 officers to cleanse police force
13/07/2011
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's government, meeting a key demand by protesters, 
fired nearly 700 top police officers on Wednesday to cleanse the 
discredited and widely unpopular force, state television reported.
In another nod to demands by activists, Egypt's military is delaying 
parliamentary elections initially expected to take place in September, 
Egypt's state news agency said. The vote is now to be held in October or 
November, the report said.
Many of the political parties that arose from the Jan. 25-Feb. 11 
uprising against Hosni Mubarak sought to delay the vote so they could 
compete more effectively against better prepared and financed Islamists, 
like the Muslim Brotherhood.
The military, which took control of the country when Mubarak stepped 
down, effectively announced the delay already Tuesday, saying 
preparations for the legislative election would begin Sept. 30.
The dismissal of 669 police officers was announced Wednesday by Interior 
Minister Mansour el-Issawi. It responds to one of the main demands of 
protesters camping out in Cairo's central Tahrir Square. The protesters 
want the police force to be purged of remnants of the Mubarak regime and 
officers involved in the killing of nearly 900 protesters during the 
uprising.
Egyptian state TV said that 37 of the dismissed officers face charges of 
killing protesters.
Among those dismissed were 505 major-generals, including 10 of the 
interior minister's top assistants, 82 colonels, and 82 brigadiers, the 
report said.
"This is the biggest administrative move ... to bring new blood," to the 
police force, el-Issawi said. He promised that police officers would be 
held accountable for any violations.
The military also said Tuesday it would draft a set of regulations for 
selecting the 100-member assembly that will write a new constitution. 
That could make it more difficult for any Islamist-led legislature to 
choose the body and thereby give the charter an Islamist slant.
Protesters still in Tahrir lifted their siege of the city's largest 
government building Wednesday, allowing business to resume there while 
staying camped out in the square for a sixth day to press the country's 
new military rulers for faster change. Hundreds of Egyptians holding 
personal documents funneled into the building, a symbol of Egyptian 
bureaucracy.
"The complex is open upon orders of the revolution," read a banner on 
its front gates.
Protester Mahmoud el-Noubi said organizers are trying to step up 
pressure on the government without disrupting daily life. A stern 
statement Tuesday from the military council failed to quell the protests 
in Tahrir, and participants said they would continue with their 
encampment until all their demands are met.
The protest had the feeling of a festival, with people hanging around 
outside their tents and makeshift shelters, reading newspapers, drinking 
tea and talking politics. Some picked up trash.
The myriad groups participating in the protest have splintered in recent 
months, though a huge banner was hung in the square that sought to unify 
their demands. It called for a new government, limited power for the 
military council, the release of prisoners tried in military tribunals 
and speedy public trials for former regime officials.
Fearing the pace of change has stalled, many protesters have turned 
their criticism to the army, once seen as the protector of the 
revolution for not firing on the protesters during the uprising.
"The council has proved that it is collaborating with Mubarak," said 
protester Ahmed Mahmoud. "We want a civilian council elected by the 
revolutionaries from the square."
Meanwhile, a leading watchdog slammed Egypt's military rulers for 
reinstating the Information Ministry, one of the symbols of Mubarak's 
authoritarian rule that was seen by many as a propaganda office for his 
regime.
The Committee to Protect Journalists said in a statement late Tuesday 
that the move was a major setback for press freedom in Egypt, saying the 
ministry's history as an arm of the ousted regime makes it unsuitable 
"to reform the media sector."
The ministry was disbanded and its head sacked following Mubarak's 
ouster. The military council last week reinstated the ministry and named 
a new information minister.
-- 
Namib
"La force ne fait ni raison ni droit ; mais il est peut-être impossible 
de s'en passer, pour faire respecter le droit et la raison" (Saint-Just)

 Egypt fires 669 officers to cleanse police force
li voglio vedere in Italia 700 sbirri sbattuti fuori dalla
polizia...questi in pochi mesi ci stanno doppiando, a democrazia.