Egypt's press reported the declarations issued by Egyptian presidential candidate, Abdel Moniem Aboul Fotouh, in which he said the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) is not the shadow of God on earth. The son of Egypt's former Minister of Defense, Mohamed Abdel Haleem Abu Ghazala, said his father resigned from his position as assistant to the president, since he was injured during the assassination of Egyptian former President Anwar Sadat. Al-Wafd Party will nominate Egypt's former Minister of Irrigation, Mahmoud Abu Zaid, in the next parliamentary elections. Youm7: The fact-finding mission conducted investigations on the Marinab church incidents and said a prominent official in Aswan acknowledged the licenses of the church are not false. But it has did obtain the approval of the dissolved State Security Authority. In its report, it recommends the dismissal of the governor of Aswan and prosecuting criminals who incited the violence in Aswan recently. They also recommend rebuilding the church. Sources revealed Egypt's former Minister of Irrigation, Mahmoud Abu Zaid, will run for the next parliamentary elections. They added the chairman of Al-Wafd Party met with Abu Zaid to represent the party in the elections. This decision could fuel the anger of some members of the party, since Abu Ziad previously ran for the parliamentary election while he was representing the dissolved National Democratic Party. Al-Ahram: Egypt's Minister of Justice Abdel Aziz al-Gendy decided to form a fact-finding mission to investigate the violence during the Maspiro clashes on Sunday. Al-Gendy said that the legislative committee of Egypt's Cabinet will start its meetings to prepare the final draft after receiving recommendations of the National Justice Committee. Egyptian Minister of Finance Hazem al-Biblawy returned to his office in the Ministry of Finance after withdrawing his decision to resign. Sources revealed al-Biblawy will participate in a meeting for Egypt's Cabinet on Wednesday to discuss the situation of the insurance money. It is important to mention al-Biblawy submitted his resignation in protest against how the Egyptian government is dealing with the Maspiro clashes. Al-Akhbar: The son of the former Egyptian Minister of Defense, Ashraf Abu Ghazala, said his father resigned from his position as assistant to Egypt's former president Anwar Sadat after he was injured in the incident of Sadat's assassination. He added his father refused offers to work as advisor to a number of Arab presidents and kings. Al-Masry Al-Youm: Egypt's presidential candidate, Abdel Moniem Aboul Fotouh, criticized the slow performance of Egypt's ruling military council. The military denied claims that it participated in the incidents of Maspiro's clashes. He also criticized the Muslim Brotherhood's (MB) stance after he announced he will run for the next presidential elections. He believes the situation contradicts the history of the MB. Aboul Fotouh also criticized the performance of Egypt's media, which did not taken into account the national interest of Egypt. He added that he will not join or partake in any political parties since he prefers to represent all Egyptians if he becomes president. Al-Shorouq: Chief coroner Ihssan Kamil George said there is misunderstanding within the public opinion that claims he is responsible for all reports issued about the victims of Maspiro clashes. Al-Gomhorreya: The Petroleum sector denied they will start to pump Egyptian natural gas to Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Israel. It pointed out they are currently repairing the gas pipeline, which might take a long time. Petroleum experts said a large numbers of engineers and technicians participated in repairing the gas pipeline in Arish. They added repairing the gas pipeline already cost about 500 million EGP (U.S. $83.8 million) since the Egyptian January 25 Revolution.
