ElBaradei says no giving up; protesters across Egypt dare curfew

ElBaradei says no giving up; protesters across Egypt dare curfewAs the protests in restive Egypt continue for the sixth day, demonstrators defied a curfew on Monday morning, in Cairo and other cities pushing their anti-government stance. The protestors demanded that President Hosni Mubarak, who ruled of three decades, must step down from administration owing to corruption charges.

Nobel peace laureate and Egypt’s leading opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei, on Sunday, promised tens of thousands of protesters that he is determined to bring change to the country. Although few hundreds of protestors continued their demonstration in Tahrir Square on Monday morning going against a curfew, their numbers declined with peaceful protests. According to reports by al-Jazeera, the government also ordered the shutdown of communication services such as internet and phone.

The US President Barack Obama said, after discussions with its key leaders, that as Egypt’s key ally, the US is expecting that the events would lead to transition with democratic elections. However, ElBaradei accused US of not being presumptive in support of change in Egypt.

Gamal Nasser, spokesman of the banned but tolerated Muslim Brotherhood, said that the group was in discussions with the interest of forming a unity government along with Mr. ElBaradei and other movements against the governing National Democratic Party (NDP) of President Hosni Mubarak.

He also demanded for the end of autocratic rule and the draconian emergency laws imposed in the country.