The Egyptian Government resignation caused a major crisis

The Egyptian Government announced yesterday Monday his resignation in the third day of fighting deadly among the security forces and demonstrators calling for the armed forces to give power to civilians, in the worst crisis since the fall of Hosni Mubarak.

Shortly after the announcement, the public, citing a military source television stated that the armed forces had rejected the resignation.

But the information Minister, Osama Haikel, quoted by the official Mena agency said then that the army still had not delivered.

However, the Supreme Council of the armed forces (CSFA), in power in Egypt since the fall of Mubarak in February, convened a meeting of urgency.

The CSFA "calls urgently on all forces political and national dialogue to examine the causes that have aggravated the current crisis and the media out of it as soon as possible in order to preserve national peace", points out in a u000aCommuniqué.

The Government submitted his resignation to the CSFA to "the difficult circumstances currently affecting the country", said its spokesman Mohamed Hijazi, quoted by Mena.

Meanwhile, in Tahrir square, tens of thousands of protesters continued shouting "the people want the fall of Marshal" Hussein Tantaui, at the head of the military Council, and leader in fact of Egypt.

"Is OK." "Now is the CSFA which must resign and answer for their acts before us", reacted Tarek Sabri, a professor for 35 years.

This resignation is produ-AIA ce when missing a week for the first legislative elections since the fall of Mubarak, driven from power by a popular revolt the February 11.

The clashes do fear that the election of several months, will be dotted by episodes violent.

According to the Ministry of health, 24 people died and hundreds were injured during clashes u000ain the last three days, especially in the plaza Tahrir in Cairo, epicenter of the popular revolt of this year.

Discontent is growing. The military Council is accused of wanting to stay in power, breaking their promises and to continue with the repressive policy of the Mubarak era.

Several groups Egyptian, such as the coalition of the young people of the revolution and the movement of April 6, called for a mass demonstration for Tuesday at 16 H 00 (18 H 00 GMT) in the Tahrir square to demand the formation of a "Government of national salvation".

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DIPLOMATS ask the end DE LA violence
the dozens of Egyptian diplomats called for "the immediate end of attacks against the peaceful demonstrators". 21 People died in the capital impact of bullets or by asphyxiation as a result of the numerous rounds of tear gas grenades by the police, according to the head of a morgue. A man had u000akilled on Saturday in Alexandria (North).

The Ministry of the Interior said in a statement accused the demonstrators of having launched cocktails molotov and fired with shotguns against security forces causing 112 wounded among its ranks.

Also gave account of "116 rioters arrested Cairo, 46 in Alexandria and 29 in Suez".

At the same time, the Arab League called for calm and to work for "democratic change". In Tahrir square, police continued firing on the demonstrators, who responded by throwing stones. The army has pledged to hand over power to civilians after the election of a new President, but has not set a date for elections presidential.

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