BREAKING NEWS – Hosni Mubarak cedează puterea

Într-o adresă televizată din urmă cu câteva minute, Hosni Mubarak a anunţat că cedează puterea vicepreşedintelui Omar Suleiman. Mubarak nu a demisionat din funcţia de preşedinte, dar rolul său pînă în septembrie (data când sunt programate alegeri prezidenţiale) va fi mai degrabă consultativ.

Mubarak said the demands of the protesters calling for his immediate ouster are legitimate. He said he had requested six constitutional amendments, answering one of the demands of the protesters. He said he would lift hated emergency laws when security permitted.
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Footage on state TV showed Defense Minster Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi chairing the military’s supreme council, with around two dozen top stern-faced army officers, seated around a table. Not at the meeting were Mubarak, the military commander in chief, or his vice president Omar Suleiman, a former army general and intelligence chief named to his post after the protests erupted Jan. 25.
“All your demands will be met today,” Gen. Hassan al-Roueini, military commander for the Cairo area, told thousands of protesters in central Tahrir Square before the speech. The protesters lifted al-Roueini onto their shoulders and carried him around the square, shouting, “the army, the people one hand.” Some in the crowd held up their hands in V-for-victory signs, shouting “the people want the end of the regime” and “Allahu akbar,” or “God is great,” a victory cry used by secular and religious people alike.
But protesters also chanted, “civilian not military,” a signal they do not want military rule. More people flowed into the square following the military announcement in the evening.