CAIRO - A candidate for president of Egypt was quizzed Saturday because of her outspoken criticism of the nation's military rulers and said she was facing allegations of slandering from a top official and the military. Bothaina Kamel, 48, a political activist and TV presenter, apparently ran afoul of the new rulers by charging that a military official insulted protesters gathered at Cairo's Al Tahrir Square, charging that they were having illicit relations and accepting foreign funding. Kamel, who is married to a Cabinet minister in the interim Government, started her criticism on her Twitter account. Then, on a May 10 TV programme, she blasted the military official for his accusations of immoral activity by the protesters. She returned home following the questioning session. "The solution is for the army to return to barracks. The army has no relation with politics," she said. "All the signs we are seeing is that they want to stay in power." At that point the presenter ended the programme, telling his viewers that he was ordered to stop the interview ��" and he announced that he was quitting. Kamel said she was questioned for three hours Saturday and then released.
