This is the latest update I could find. Have no idea how accurate it is. Guess we will find out later today.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/07/2013775214936989.html
Uncertainty persists over Egypt PM nomination
Reports of Mohamed ElBaradei being picked are denied, highlighting challenges new leaders face in finding consensus.
Last Modified: 07 Jul 2013 09:56
The continuing chaos in Egypt in the aftermath of last Wednesday’s military coup has been compounded further after the choice of liberal politician Mohamed ElBaradeias interim prime minister was thrown into doubt by objections from conservative groups.
ElBaradei’s nomination had been confirmed by several sources and state media on Saturday, but just before midnight a presidential spokesman told reporters that no prime minister had yet been chosen.
“After some satellite channels declared that the new government will be announced tonight and mentioned the new prime minister’s name (referring to Elbaradei), I’m here to confirm that this is still a prediction and that it is still under consultation and negotiations,” Ahmed el-Musilamani, spokesman for the interim president Adly Mansour said in a public statement.
The abrupt U-turn came amid opposition to ElBaradei’s appointment by the Nour Party, Egypt’s second-largest religious force that backed the military coup that toppled President Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood.
The dispute has highlighted the challenges the military faces in finding consensus among liberals and conservatives on who should run the country.
The Al-Nour Party’s deputy leader Ahmed Khalil told the state news website that the party would withdraw from the political transition process if ElBaradei was confirmed in his post.
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Last Update: Sunday, 7 July 2013 KSA 14:04 - GMT 11:04
ElBaradei calls on inclusion of Brotherhood in Egypt transition
Last Update: Sunday, 7 July 2013 KSA 11:04 - GMT 08:04
Is he or isn’t he? ElBaradei appointment as Egypt’s PM thrown into doubt
http://www.presstv.ir/usdetail/312680.html
The White House has broken its silence over recent chaos in Egypt, rejecting Washington’s support of “specific political parties” in the country.
“The United States categorically rejects the false claims propagated by some in Egypt that we are working with specific political parties or movements to dictate how Egypt’s transition should proceed,” a White House statement said on Saturday.
The statement came after Farid Ismail of the Muslim Brotherhood’s political wing, the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), told Reuters that ElBaradei was “Washington’s choice,” not that of the people of Egypt.
According to the statement, U.S. President Barack Obama “reiterated that the United States is not aligned with, and does not support any particular Egyptian political party or group.”
Interim Egyptian President Adly Mahmud Mansour reportedly decided to appoint leading opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei as the interim prime minister of the country following the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi.
Meanwhile, the New York Times reported that U.S. national security advisor Susan Rice had told Morsi’s team that the president would leave office an hour before his ouster by the military.
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