Amal Party: Egyptian Nation Seeks to Purge All Mubarak-Era Officials

TEHRAN (FNA)- Secretary-General of Egypt's Amal Party Majdi Hossein underlined that ouster of the former dictator, Hosni Mubarak, was just a first step in the Egyptian revolution as Egyptians want to purge all the former officials from state bodies and organizations.
"The Egyptian nation wants to purge the elements of Hosni Mubarak's regime from all organizations and institutions in the new Egypt and this has become a national demand," Hossein told FNA on Wednesday.

He referred to the next elections to be held in the second half of November, and said the elections will be held transparently and freely, but people will not allow the remnants of the former regime to ascend to power again.

Egypt's parliamentary elections will be held in the second half of November, two months later than originally scheduled, Chief of the Higher Election Commission Abdul Moaez Ebrahim said Saturday.

He added that the elections of both houses of the parliament will be held at the same time and fully supervised by judges. "Whether Egyptian expatriates will be able to vote or not needs a political decision," Ebrahim told reporters in Cairo.

The commission was created last week by a military council, in control of Egypt since the ouster of former President Mubarak in February.

Earlier in the day, Hussain Tantawi, the head of the council, promised free parliamentary and presidential elections. In a televised address, Tantawi vowed to set up a democratic civil state in Egypt.

Under a parliament law endorsed by the military rulers last week, the parliamentary elections will be held on the basis of a mixed system combining closed party lists and individual candidacy.

Several opposition groups have criticized the law, saying allowing individual candidacy will allow loyalists to Mubarak to run in the elections.