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You are here: Home / Politics / Foreign Policy / Egyptian Gov’t and Muslim Brotherhood Make New Concessions

Egyptian Gov’t and Muslim Brotherhood Make New Concessions

February 6, 2011 by Daniel

The sitting VP in Egypt, Omar Suleiman, and the Muslim Brotherhood heldtalks in the hopes of calming the continuing protests that have filled the streets of Cairo for almost two weeks. During the talks, the two agreed to some new concessions.

FoxNews/AP reports:

Vice President Omar Suleiman endorsed a plan with the opposition to set up a committee of judiciary and political figures to study proposed constitutional amendments that would allow more candidates to run for president and impose term limits on the presidency, the state news agency reported. The committee was given until the first week of March to finish the tasks.

The regime also pledged not to harass those participating in the anti-government protests, which have drawn hundreds of thousands at the biggest rallies. The government also agreed not to hamper freedom of press and not to interfere with text messaging and Internet.

Sunday’s meeting was the broadest representation of Egypt’s fragmented opposition to meet with the new vice president since the protests demanding the immediate ouster of longtime President Hosni Mubarak began on Jan. 25.

The opposition groups represented included the youthful supporters of leading democracy advocate Mohamed ElBaradei, who are one of the main forces behind the protests.

The outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s largest opposition group, and a number of smaller leftist, liberal groups also attended the meeting, according to footage shown on state television.

Filed Under: Foreign Policy, Politics, World Tagged With: current events, egypt, foreign policy, politics

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