Egypt's press today covered the burning issues concerning political tensions, response to the military council's statement, impact of sits-in on the economy, and prosecuting demonstrators' killers in public trials. Youm7 Egyptian General Mohsen el-Fangary, assistant defense minister and member of the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), said the council has created guidelines for choosing a Constituent Assembly to write the new constitution to be agreed upon by all political powers. He warned of demonstrations that could harm state interests. El-Fangary said the SCAF will continue to run the country during the transitional period. They will hold parliamentary elections, write a new constitution, elect a new president, and then deliver the country to an elected civil authority. In other news, Egypt's former Minister of Agriculture Youssif Wali was sentenced to 15 days detention pending investigations into accusations of bringing cancerous insecticides into Egypt. Al-Ahram Egyptian Minister of Agriculture Ayman Abu Hadid announced establishing a new plant for nitrogenous fertilizers. The plant will be owned by the Agricultural Cooperatives Federation. The plant's cost is estimated at one billion EGP, which will be paid by the agricultural cooperatives and national banks. A state of calmness came back to Al-Masry Al-Youm's office after rumors of a bomb in a bank branch in the same building. Al-Akhbar Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, head of the SCAF, will meet Wednesday with a number of presidential nominees and representatives of different political powers. The meeting aims to continue the dialogue between the military council and political powers. The meeting will be attended by Mohamed el-Baradei, Amr Moussa, Ayman Nour, Hisham Bastawisi, Hamdeen Sabbahi, and other presidential candidates. Al-Wafd In expression of their desperation towards Prime Minister Essam Sharaf's government, Upper Egyptians received condolences for the government, which has lost the trust of citizens. Egyptians in Sohag and Asyut governorates said the government lost credibility because Sharaf did not fulfill his commitments. University professors, a coalition of political powers, party leaders, and Muslim and Christian clerics offered their condolences. Al-Masry Al-Youm Sources and experts of the Suez Canal expressed their concerns about negative impacts that could politically, economically and internationally affect Egypt. Their concerns came after a threat from protestors to close the waterway of the Suez Canal by controlling the movement of ships from Port Tawfiq. PM Sharaf posted a question on his Facebook page yesterday to allow Egyptians to propose and nominate names to be ministers in his new government. Al-Dostor A medical source Sharm el-Sheikh International Hospital said deposed President Hosni Mubarak's condition is relatively stable. Mubarak still suffers from depression because of the latest demonstrations calling for prosecuting him. Al-Shorouq The administrator of el-Fangary's page on Facebook decided to close the page after el-Fangary's last statement, which had tough language not accepted by Egyptians. The Supreme Judiciary Council, chaired by Judge Mohamed Hossam Ghiryani, ordered the transfer of all trials of those accused of corruption and killing of protesters into larger rooms for great number of people to see the trials, and to put large screens outside the court for all people who cannot go to the courts. Al-Gomhorreya Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed Orabi highlighted the Egyptian view to combat the terrorism and violence during the Global Forum to Combat Terrorism, which is being held in London. He added that Egypt refused to link terrorism and Islam.
