The High Council of the Egyptian Armed Forces announced that it
guarantees the lifting of the emergency regime when the situation
normalizes and the holding of the fair elections and political reforms
promised by the country's leader, RIA Novosti reports.
The military also guaranteed decisions on appeals of results of the
latest parliamentary elections. The opposition accused the government
of falsifying the parliamentary election results in late 2010. Tens of
complaints were filed to courts. The opposition says that this makes
the current parliament illegitimate.
The armed forces will secure the political reforms President Hosni
Mubarak and Vice-President Omar Suleiman talked about, the military
noted in a statement read out on the Egyptian national television,
says.
The reforms include adjustments to the procedure of introducing
candidates for president, control over parliamentary and presidential
elections, the terms of power of the president, citizens' rights and
freedom.
The military are responsible for peaceful handing over of power in
Egypt after fair presidential elections. They say that the elections
will be held in the light of the planned constitutional amendments.
The emergency regime in Egypt was introduced when Islamic extremists
killed President Anwar El Sadat in October 1981. Only two points of
the law on the emergency regime have stayed in force since June 1,
2010. They are related to accusations of terrorism and
drugs-trafficking.
President Hosni Mubarak has handed some authority to his deputy Omar
Suleimanov. Mubarak said he will stay in power until September 2011,
when scheduled elections are due to take place.
