Brotherhood announces people's victory

Muslim Brotherhood's spokesman, Mohammed Mursi (c)

Source: Press TV
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/163530.html

Egypt's largest opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood says the country's popular uprising has managed to take down the three-decade-long regime of President Hosni Mubarak.

"The people have brought down the regime,” AFP the group's spokesman, Mohammed Mursi, on Saturday.

“We see no point in any dialogue with an illegitimate regime," he added.

Saturday was the 11th consecutive day of anti-government protests across the country. More than 300 people have been killed during Cairo-ordered crackdown on the demonstrations since the beginning of the rallies, reports say.

Apparently trying to appease the outraged public, Mubarak claimed recently that he would step down the end of his term later this year.

Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman said on Thursday he had asked the Brotherhood to begin dialogue with the regime, but the opposition group had rejected such prospect.

On Saturday, Egypt's Defense Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Mohammed Hussein Tantawi visited Cairo's Tahrir Square -- the rallying point of the anti-regime protesters.

"The defense minister is inspecting the situation on Tahrir Square," state television said, adding another announcement encouraging people to leave the epicenter of protests against President Hosni Mubarak now in their 11th day.

"The man (Mubarak) told you he won't stand again," he said.

The Egyptians, many of whom distrust Cairo's apparent gestures of transition, however, keep up the nationwide popular movements.