CAIRO: Egypt's interim government postponed again the swearing in of 15 new ministers on Tuesday as Prime Minister Essam Sharaf recovers from a bout of exhaustion that saw him hospitalized earlier this week. According to reports, the oaths will be completed by the end of the week. The Cabinet reshuffle was aimed at appeasing protesters in the country who have been camped out on the streets of Cairo and elsewhere across the country demanding quicker reforms, speedy trials for former government officials accused of killing protesters and an end to military trials for civilians. The moves, however, have done little to quell the growing anger in Cairo's central Tahrir Square, where activists have established a tent city and have said Sharaf's reshuffle was not enough. “We want more reform and we don't want any members of the former regime to be in power,” one activist told Bikyamasr.com on Tuesday evening. Leading youth movement, the April 6 movement, said on Monday that they were disappointed in the recent moves made by Prime Minister Essam Sharaf, but added in statements that they still supported the embattled PM. They said that the moves were “not enough,” arguing that the ministers of justice and interior remain in their positions despite widespread calls for their removal. The group said they would continue to support PM Sharaf despite “some of the past mistakes in the new the governmental reshuffle.” “The continuation of Environment Minister Maged George and Minister of International Cooperation Fayza Aboul-Naga and Minister of Electricity Hassan Yussif in addition to Minister Of Higher Education Motaaz Khorshid, one of the people who was affiliated with the National Democratic Party, are changes that carries mistakes from the past,” said Mohamed Adel, a spokesperson for the movement said in a released statement on Monday. He added that the potential nominees list for the shuffle carried a number names for these positions. “Until now the the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces hasn't changed the General Prosecutor and replaced him with one of the highly qualified independent judges and hasn't mentioned any intention to remove Gawdat al-Malt,” Adel added. The military and the interim government have pushed elections back from September until November, but have established an election committee that hopes to see a specific time table for voting take place. Still, almost two weeks on, the protesters in Tahrir have made little moves toward leaving, saying they will remain in the square until all their demands are met. BM
