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democratic future and greater rights is met and that change needs to start happening now and the violence needs to stop."Ban said: "I am deeply concerned at the continuing violence in Egypt and once again urge restraint to all sides. This is very much an unacceptable situation. Any attacks on peaceful demonstrators is unacceptable and I strongly condemn it."Earlier, at prime minister's questions, Cameron called on Egypt to draw up a timetable to convince people there will be a "rapid and credible" transition of power that will forge a "stable and more democratic future".Describing this week's scenes of the protests in Cairo as "incredibly moving", the prime minister also told MPs he took a "very strong view" that political reform "not repression" was required following president Hosni Mubarak's decision to stand down.In a speech broadcast on state television last night, Mubarak sought to quell a week of demonstrations by saying he would not be running for another term of office in the September elections. He promised to work during "the final months" of his term to ensure a "peaceful transfer of power".But the delayed nature of Mubarak's concession failed to appease protesters, who maintained their presence in Cairo's main square today.US president Barack Obama also sought to maintain pressure on Mubarak, saying last night: "What is clear is my belief an orderly transition must be meaningful, it must be peaceful, and it must begin now."Cameron echoed Obama's words and said a timetable was needed to convince people that an orderly transition was under way.Greater democracy in the Middle East and the Arab world were required to provide the stability required in "the long-term interests of Britain", he told MPs at prime minister's question time."President Mubarak says he is going and we respect that," Cameron said. "But what matters is not just the orderly transition but also that it is urgent, it is credible, it starts now. We should be clear we stand with those in this country who want freedom and democracy and rights the world over."And the more they can do with a timetable to convince people it's true, the more the country can settle down to a stable and more democratic future."He said the reforms needed to go beyond simply holding an election."Where we need to be clear is that when we talk about democracy, we don't just mean the act of holding an election, we mean the building blocks of democracy," he said."I want to see a partnership for open societies where we encourage stronger civil society, stronger rights, stronger rule of law, a proper place for the army in society, proper independent judiciary."The prime minister reinforced the call for faster progress, telling MPs the transition needed to be "rapid and credible and it needs to start now".The Labour leader, Ed Miliband, said: "Far from indicating support for extremism, the people on the streets of Egypt are actually demanding some very basic things: jobs, freedom of speech and the right to choose by whom they are governed."He said democracy represented the "best route to stability" in Egypt.Cameron told the
Commons that the "first concern" remained the safety of UK nationals in Egypt. Travel advice for the estimated 30,000 UK nationals around the Red Sea area had not changed because matters there remain "calm and stable".In Cairo, where there are about 3,000 citizens, and in Alexandria, with an estimated 300, many had been urged to return to the UK. There were still very good commercial flights and a flight commissioned by the UK government had been added, Cameron said.He told MPs that 1,000 had returned from Egypt in the past 48 hours, and praised the UK's response."I think the UK government has acted swiftly," he said. "We had a rapid deployment of 25 special consulate staff to Cairo. The military logistics' team of eight were sent out immediately and we were the first country to set up a team at the Cairo airport, which many other countries have gone on to imitate."I don't take any of this for granted, there needs to be absolutely no complacency, but I think our ambassador, Dominic Asquith, and his team have done an excellent job."
la confrerie se feraient plus discretes, tandis que les plus pragmatiques se verraient confier davantage de poids. Par ailleurs, on ne peut exclure qu'un parti politique issu de la confrerie voie le jour, a l'image de l'AKP en Turquie."
The Washington PostAs the uprising in Egypt enters its third week, two questions persist in Washington: Is the Obama administration in direct contact with the Muslim Brotherhood? And, would it accept the group as part of a new Egyptian government? So far, the White House has walked an exceedingly fine line. Multiple reports suggest that the United States has been in quiet contact with the banned group for years and that the Obama White House is growing more open to the Muslim Brotherhood having a role in a new government, once Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak steps aside. Banned in Egypt since 1954, the group has a split image here: as a hostile Islamic organization whose fundamentalist wing could be dangerous for the United States if it took control; and as a band of aging revolutionaries who would play a vital but minority role in any coalition government, enjoying support from no more than 30 percent of the Egyptian public. Obama, in an interview Sunday night with Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly, said the group was not nearly as influential as many of its critics fear. "I think they're one faction in Egypt," he told O'Reilly. "They don't have majority support in Egypt. But they're well organized. There are strains of their ideology that are anti-U.S. There's no doubt about it." For U.S. officials trying to gently guide Egypt's future from afar without provoking a backlash, the Muslim Brotherhood's involvement might be necessary, even inevitable. That possibility clashes with domestic politics, however - from worries among pro-Israel groups about the rise of another Islamic regime in the region, to potential criticism from conservatives that Obama failed to stop the spread of Islamic fundamentalism. So there has been a steady stream of vague messages out of the White House, both to reporters and private groups. After White House press secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters that any transition to democracy "has to include a whole host of important non-secular actors" and must "include opposition voices and parties being involved in this process as we move toward free and fair elections," several pro-Israel groups sought assurances that did not mean the Muslim Brotherhood. Late last week, a National Security Council official, Daniel B. Shapiro, said on a conference call with Jewish organization leaders that it was U.S. policy not to deal with the Muslim Brotherhood, according to a report by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Whether the group is involved in building a new government, the JTA quoted Shapiro saying, is "something that will be determined by the Egyptian people. ... The United States will not be an arbiter." But White House officials - including, now, Obama himself - have been intentionally vague in the days since, suggesting they are open to Muslim Brotherhood participation without saying so outright. In his Fox interview, Obama walked carefully around questions about the group. "Here's the thing that we have to understand: There are a whole bunch of secular folks in Egypt, there are a whole bunch of educators and civil society in Egypt that wants to come to the
fore as well," Obama said. "And it's important for us not to say that our only two options are either the Muslim Brotherhood or a suppressed Egyptian people." Asked by O'Reilly whether he wants to see the Muslim Brotherhood in the Egyptian government, Obama said: "What I want is a representative government in Egypt. And I have confidence that if Egypt moves in an orderly transition process, that we will have a government in Egypt that we can work with together as a partner." Protesters in Egypt have urged Obama to call for Mubarak to step down immediately. But administration officials have cautioned that an immediate Mubarak exit would trigger elections in just 60 days. As State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley put it Monday on NPR News, that gives the Muslim Brotherhood a distinct advantage. "There're only one or two elements within Egyptian society today that have the organizational, you know, skill to run an effective campaign," he said. "The Muslim Brotherhood being one of them," added NPR's Steve Inskeep. "Being one of them," Crowley added. Palin criticizes White House on Egypt - maybeFormer Alaska governor Sarah Palin, for her part, had another kind of vague message in her first remarks on Egypt. In an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network, Palin said Obama had gotten the so-called "3 a.m. phone call" from the 2008 presidential campaign - and let it go to voice mail. "And nobody yet has explained to the American public what they know, and surely they know more than the rest of us know - who it is who will be taking the place of Mubarak and no, not, not real enthused about what it is that's being done on a national level and from D.C. in regards to understanding all the situation there in Egypt," Palin said. She went on to add, "And, in these areas that are so volatile right now, because obviously it's not just Egypt but the other countries too where we are seeing uprisings, we know that now more than ever, we need strength and sound mind there in the White House. We need to know what it is that America stands for, so we know who it is that America will stand with. And we do not have all that information yet." Asked about Palin's critique Monday, Gibbs demurred. "I've got to tell you, I read that answer several times," Gibbs said. "And I still don't really know what she said."
to remove the demonstrators, the government is apparently trying to diminish their profile. The military was ordered not to permit foreign journalists to enter Tahrir square until they had press cards issued by the Egyptian government, which the information ministry said would not be available for at least two days.More activists have been arrested, it was reported, including an independent film-maker, Samir Eshra, and Abdel-Karim Nabil Suleiman, who blogs under the name Karim Amer. Amer was the first blogger to be prosecuted in the country when he was jailed for four years in 2007 for insulting Islam and the president. He was released last November.Washington has had to repeatedly shift policy on Egypt over the last fortnight. Obama called last week for Mubarak to begin the transition to democracy now, but has been forced to accept that he may stay in office until September. In the meantime, it has thrown its support behind Suleiman, to the distress of some of the government's opponents.The White House spokesman, Robert Gibbs, elaborating on Obama's comment about "progress", backed Suleiman. He said that since the protests began Mubarak had said he would stand down and his son would not seek to succeed him.Steven Cook, a Middle East specialist at the Council on Foreign Relations, acknowledged the concerns about Suleiman. "He is not known to be a progressive thinker. Nobody would consider him to be a democrat."Asked about criticism of the Obama administration for its seemingly constant policy switches, Cook said the administration had been dealt this hand when Mubarak nominated Suleiman as his vice-president. "The administration is being hammered but it has no leverage to influence events," Cook said.
El PaisEgipto grito ayer alto y claro "adios, adios Mubarak". Centenares de miles o mas de un millon de ciudadanos, el calculo es imposible, salieron a la calle para celebrar una recien conquistada libertad, evidente pese a la permanencia del dictador, y para reclamar que el presidente abandonara el pais de forma inmediata. El apoyo a la reforma politica expresado por el Ejercito no permitia una vuelta atras. Pero Mubarak, de casi 83 anos y enfermo, se limito a anunciar por television que no se presentaria a la reeleccion en septiembre, algo que no ha calmado la presion popular. "Morire en la tierra de Egipto", dijo. La presion al rais egipcio para que ponga fin a sus tres decadas de Gobierno no solo le llego de la calle. El presidente de EE UU, su mas fiel aliado en occidente, le conmino de madrugada a comenzar "ahora" la transicion hacia la democracia, instando a la vez al ejercito a velar por que el proceso de culmine de forma pacifica.Tambien el presidente turco, Recep Tayyip Erdogan ha pedido un "paso diferente" a su colega egipcio. esde dentro, Mohamed El Baradei, premio Nobel de la Paz y ex director del Organismo Internacional de la Energia Atomica, rechazo el discurso de Mubarak de "truco" para permanecer en el poder.Obama, quien mantuvo una conversacion telefonica con el mandatario egipcio de media hora como reconocio en el discurso que ha realizado esta madrugada (hora espanola), envio al diplomatico Frank Wisner, antiguo embajador en El Cairo, para instar al presidente egipcio a que renunciara a un nuevo mandato. En su conversacion, expreso a Mubarak su opinion de que "la transicion tiene que ser verdadera, tiene que ser pacifica y tiene que empezar ahora". Con enfasis en "ahora". Tambien dedico unas palabras a los egipcios que le escuchaban desde las calles de El Cairo y desde todo el pais -los congregados en la plaza Tahrir siguieron el discurso en una pantalla improvisada: "Escuchamos vuestras voces y vuestra voluntad de decidir vuestro destino", dijo. El presidente estadounidense se balancea en un fino alambre: no puede alentar las protestas, pese a que defienden, como EE UU, la democracia, pero tampoco puede actuar decisivamente para forzar la caida de Mubarak, aliado durante decadas como freno al islamismo."Si el no se va, nosotros tampoco"La peticion de Obama de una transicion "ahora" choca con el anuncio de Mubarak, que aplaza a septiembre todo cambio. Dijo que no se presentaria a una de todas formas improbable reeleccion en las presidenciales, previstras para ese mes. Ademas, afirmo en su alocucion televisiva que habia "escuchado a los jovenes", que tutelaria una reforma constitucional y una transicion, y de nuevo se presento como unico dique "frente al caos". "Morire en Egipto", prometio, descartando la opcion del exilio. La multitud en la plaza cairota de Tahrir (plaza de la Liberacion), reacciono al discurso con gritos furiosos de "fuera, fuera" y con un lema claro "si el no se va, nosotros tampoco". Los presentes ya han anunciado nuevas marchas para el viernes y que no se van a mover de alli
hasta que el protagonista de sus protestas abandone el poder. Pero para comprobar la autentica repercusion de las palabras del presidente hay que esperar, sin embargo, a la jornada de hoy.Ya noche se vislumbro que las palabras de Mubarak no iban a detener a los manifestantes. Esta manana, mas de un millar de personas, segun Reuters, seguian concentradas en la plaza de la Liberacion para afrontar el noveno dia de protestas trs pasar la noche en la plaza, epicentro de la revuelta. Con megafonos, algunos congregados seguian enviando al presidente un mensaje: "No nos iremos". Mientras, nuevos manifestantes se unian a la protesta y los mas recalcitrantes intentaban mantener la protesta en auge. Muchas tiendas seguian cerradas y muchos servicios suspendidos, aunque algunos cajeros de la ciudad proporcionaban dinero.Mohamed el Baradei, ex director de la Organizacion Internacional de la Energia Atomica, premio Nobel de la Paz en 2005 y portavoz provisional de la plataforma de oposicion, lanzo algo parecido a un ultimatum: hablo del viernes como la fecha limite para que Mubarak y su familia se fueran de Egipto "para evitar un bano de sangre". Tras conocer el contenido del esperado discurso, el lider opositor que no quiso especular sobre la posibilidad de que se presente a las elecciones, lo califico de "truco" para permanecer en el poder.En su discurso, Mubarak anuncio que permanecera durante los proximos ocho meses al frente de un nuevo Gobierno -surgido a raiz de las protestas iniciadas hace ocho dias- abierto al dialogo con todas las fuerzas y a las reformas democraticas. Pero la oposicion se mantiene firme, y asegura que no va a establecer ningun dialogo con el Gobierno hasta la marcha de Mubarak. Toda la oposicion, incluido los Hermanos Musulmanes, la gran fuerza islamista de Egipto, han llegado a un acuerdo basado en cuatro puntos: que Mubarak deje el poder, la disolucion del Parlamento, una nueva Constitucion, y, por ultimo, la creacion de un Gobierno de transicion.Sin embargo, Mubarak aseguro que la transicion se haria "dentro de la Constitucion", que asume sus responsabilidades y que no renunciara a "su deber". No obstante, tras las protestas masivas de ayer, aprovecho su discurso para denunciar los "actos lamentables" que segun el se han producido en todo el pais. "La realidad obliga a ciudadanos y dirigentes a elegir entre el caos y la estabilidad", afirmo.EE UU, que subsidia a Egipto con mas de 2.000 millones de dolares anuales, entre ayuda militar y civil, e Israel, un vecino muy inquieto por su seguridad en la era pos-Mubarak, apuestan por una transicion pilotada por Omar Suleiman, el nuevo vicepresidente, un hombre que habia dirigido los servicios secretos y en el que confiaban tanto Obama como Benjamin Netanyahu. El temor de ambos radica probablemente en que la terquedad de Mubarak, empenado en cumplir su mandato y evitarse la verguenza del exilio, deteriore aun mas la situacion y condujera a una revolucion de alcance imprevisible.Durante la jornada circularon rumores sobre donde podria ir el faraon. Uno de los hipoteticos destinos para el exilio de Mubarak podria ser Alemania, donde ultimamente habia recibido
El PaisPese a las medidas de apertura del regimen de Hosni Mubarak, la revuelta contra el lider egipcio, que lleva 30 anos en el poder, se mantiene viva. Decenas de miles de personas vuelven a abarrotar hoy la plaza de la Liberacion de el Cairo, epicentro de las protestas contra el dictador. Cientos de personas mas esperan en largas colas para entrar. En una nueva jornada de movilizaciones masivas, los manifestantes ignoran las medidas anunciadas por el Gobierno y aseguran que seguiran en la plaza hasta que Mubarak deje el poder. Hoy, el vicepresidente egipcio, Omar Suleiman, encargado de pilotar las negociaciones con la oposicion, ha asegurado que Egipto tiene un plan y un calendario para un traspaso de poder pacifico, anunciado el nombramiento de una comision para la reforma de la Constitucion y prometido que el Gobierno no perseguira a los manifestantes que, durante dos semanas ya, han pedido y piden el fin del regimen de Mubarak.Sin embargo, estas timidas reformas para ganar tiempo convencen a los ciudadanos y miles de ellos siguen apostados en la plaza de la Liberacion de El Cairo, epicentro de una revuelta que ha puesto al borde del abismo al regimen de Mubarak. Para hoy hay convocada una nueva jornada de protesta masiva para marcar el inicio de la tercera semana de revuelta y pasado el mediodia la plaza de la Liberacion esta abarrotada por miles de personas. Se han formado dos largas colas en los controles de acceso a la plaza -entre las dos suman cerca de un kilometro-, que dan la vuelta ya al Corniche del Nilo -la calle que discurre paralela al rio- y el puente Kasser Al Nil esta lleno de gente esperando para entrar. Aunque la ciudad intenta recuperar poco a poco la normalidad, miles y miles de cairotas pasan cada dia por la plaza: Ademas de los que llevan dias acampados, muchos pasan por la plaza en algun momento del dia, antes o despues de trabajar y ese transito se aprecia en los alrededores del epicentro de la revuelta. A estas horas, la plaza registra su maxima afluencia, hasta en torno a las cinco de la tarde.Dentro, los vendedores de comida, las familias o individuos que acampan se mezclan con los que van y vienen y pueden participar en actividades y manifestaciones. Esta manana, se una manifestacion solo de mujeres ha recorrido parte del recinto y ha habido dos mitines. Otros pasean por la zona en la que se exponen fotos de los fallecidos en la revuelta, rindiendo su personal homenaje. Tambien habia convocado un acto en el que intelectuales y cineastas pretendian mostrar su apoyo a la revuelta, pero ha sido pospuesto, probablemente por la imposibilidad de llegar a tiempo de algunos participantes, debido a los controles de acceso. A los que no se deja acceder a la plaza es a los periodistas que no tienen la acreditacion en el pais. Pese a la gran aglomeracion de gente, no se registran por el momento incidentes.Los manifestantes, ademas, no pierden la esperanza ni las ganas de que su protesta lleve
al fin a la marcha del presidente Mubarak. Entienden que las concesiones del regimen, las pequenas medidas de apertura no tienen nada que ver con lo que exigen desde hace dos semanas y prometen no cejar en la protesta hasta que Mubarak se vaya. Tambien desdenan a aquellos que aseguran que los concentrados en la plaza no representan a todo Egipto. "Por cada egipcio que hay en la plaza, hay toda una familia que apoya la revuelta aunque no pueda estar en ella", decia esta manana un joven manifestante.Una hora de ruta para la transicionMientras, el regimen sigue anunciando medidas que puedan contentar a los manifestantes y apagar un tanto la protesta. Egipto tiene un plan y un calendario para una transicion pacifica y un traspaso de poder, ha declarado esta manana el vicepresidente y hombre fuerte del regimen en estos momentos, Omar Suleiman, tras reunirse con el presidente Mubarak. Asegura, ademas, que el Gobierno no perseguira a los manifestantes que piden la caida del rais -numerosos lideres juveniles han sido liberados en los ultimos dias, aunque se sigue deteniendo a gente."El presidente da la bienvenida al consenso nacional, confirmando que estamos en la buena direccion para salir de la actual crisis", ha dicho Suleiman tras reunirse con Mubarak para tratar el proceso de dialogo entre el regimen y los partidos de oposicion que iniciaron el domingo. "Se ha fijado una clara hoja de ruta con un calendario para llevar a cabo un pacifico y organizado traspaso de poder", ha dicho Suleiman en television al termino del encuentro. Ha subrayado el vicepresidente "la necesidad de seguir el proceso de dialogo" iniciado el domingo con la oposicion.Asimismo, Suleiman ha informado de que Mubarak ha nombrado una comision para enmendar la constitucion. El presidente "ha firmado un decreto en virtud del cual forma una comision que tendra como mision aportar reformas a la Constitucion", ha dicho Suleiman. Las reformas constitucionales tendran que ver con la duracion y el limite de los mandatos presidenciales. Ya el domingo, el vicepresidente anuncio la creacion de esta comision, ademas de otras medidas, como ampliar la libertad de prensa o la liberacion de los presos "de conciencia", tras reunirse con representantes de las fuerzas opositoras, entre ellos los Hermanos Musulmanes, el espantajo islamista usado para justificar la dictadura.Son algunas de las medidas que el regimen de Mubarak, que se resiste a caer -el presidente solo ha anunciado que no optara a una nueva reeleccion en septiembre- ha tomado para poder sobrevivir. El domingo se produjo una reunion entre Suleiman y los opositores, en la que se esbozaron algunas reformas. Ayer, se anuncio una subida de sueldo a los funcionarios y una subida de las pensiones. Tambien se ha ido poniendo en libertad a algunos lideres de la revuelta y se ha anunciado una revision de los resultados de las elecciones legislativas de diciembre, consideradas un enorme fraude.