CAIRO: To unify Egypt's political powers, over 30 political people held a meeting at the journalists syndicate in Cairo. The meeting was attended by four likely presidential candidates including Hamdeen Sabahi, Amr Moussa, Hisham al-Bastawisi and Ayman Nour. They discussed how to adopt a common agenda towards the recent developments that are happening in Egypt. Hamdeen Sabahi and Ayman Nour agreed that there is a need to resume with the strikes and demonstrations, while Moussa said he wanted to give the current rulers a chance until the reorganization of the ministries at least. The participants of the meeting also proposed a coalition government that will be given full authority. They raised the necessity of achieving the demands of the January 25 Revolution. Sabahi said the main problem is the gap between the decision makers of the country and the people. He demanded the formation of a coalition government that includes the different political and social powers that represent the people. He also said he supports the peaceful strikes in occurring in Tahrir Square and all over the country in order to achieve the demands of the revolution. Sabahi added that the meeting aimed to discuss three main points that include achieving the people's demands, making people participate in the decision making process and setting a time table to execute the demands. He clarified that the main demands of Egypt's revolution are to remove corruption from the institutions of the state, return security in the streets and achieve social justice. Ayman Nour, the founder of al-Ghad Party, said he wants for there to be continued pressure from the public in order to achieve the demands of the revolution. Nour refused Sabahi's proposal of forming a coalition government, clarifying that his party will not participate in it. Nour warned the ruling military council from using their power against demonstrators. We will not abandon the only gain that the January 25 Revolution achieved so far. Moussa said he supported the demonstrations that are calling for freedom of expression and asking that the demands of the revolution be met. Moussa did not show what he thought about some of the demands that were made calling to dismiss Egypt's Prime Minister, Essam Sharaf. "In my opinion, we need to wait until the ministries are reorganized," said Moussa. He also proposed forming a political government and giving it full authority to lead the country. Alaa Abdel-Moniem, a leader of al-Wafd Party, said there is a need to resume with strikes in order to achieve the demands of the revolution. He also said the speeches given by Sharaf and the military council have not achieved any of the demands of the people. The participants proposed creating a time table and giving it to authorities in order to execute the demands of the people. Sameh Ashor, the chairman of the Nasserite Party, said the attendees agreed to form a coalition government and to change the Prime Minister. He said political powers are focusing on re-building the police and putting former President Hosni Mubarak on a military trial. Amin Alexander, the secretary of al-Karama Party, said that Egypt's different political parties gathered to analyze the political scene in Egypt in order to draft a clear plan on how to deal with the government during the next stage. Alexander said it was necessary to form a new government that had a new Prime Minister. Arabic: http://youm7.com/News.asp?NewsID=454162&SecID=12&IssueID=0
