Cairo - The Brotherhood's presidential candidate and chairman of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), Mohamed Mursi, said Saturday that he would resign as chairman of the party should he emerge as the winner if he wins the presidential elections. "We announce that the FJP and the Brotherhood decided that the party and the group should have a candidate for this year's presidential elections," Mursi said during a press conference. "We hope the Egyptian people would accept and appreciate that decision. The party gave much thought on the situation in Egypt before they chose me as their presidential nominee," Mursi added. "Brotherhood's long-standing slogan, Islam is the Solution, is being implemented after the 2011 uprising toppled Mubarak's regime and paved the way for a bona fide democratic environment" Mursi told reporters. "The Ministry of Defence should decide who will lead them in the future," Mursi Mursi replied to a question over whether he would keep Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, as the Minister of Defence.
