05.02.2012                      12.Schwat. 5772

Ägypten:

Egypt council wants earlier presidential vote

Responding to protests, civilian council recommends starting preparations for election two months early.

A civilian council appointed to advise Egypt's military rulers said on Saturday preparations for a presidential election should begin on February 23, a step that would bring forward the presidential election from an expected June date.
The recommendation from the advisory body was a response to a week of violence that has heaped new criticism on the rule of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces which assumed power from Hosni Mubarak a year ago….