Egypt’s Interim Government Resigns

By Scoop Team On Feb 24, 2014

Egyptian interim Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi (Reuters/Egyptian Presidency/Handout)

CAIRO, Feb 24 (Aswat Masriya) – The Egyptian government resigned on Monday, Prime Minister Hezam el-Beblawi said in a press conference.

Ibrahim Mehleb was appointed to form the new government, a state newspaper said.

The interim government was formed last July following the army’s ouster of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi in response to mass demonstrations against his rule.

The resignation comes a few months ahead of presidential elections that will be held in the first half of this year which Defense Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is expected to run for.

Field Marshal al-Sisi gained wide popularity last year after the ouster of Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Sisi, 59, is expected to win by a majority if he entered the upcoming presidential race.

This content is from: Aswat Masriya