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Egypt Govt Resigns Amid Corruption Inquiry
Egypt’s government has resigned and the country’s oil minister has been asked to form a new cabinet within a week, the office of President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has said.
No official reason was given for the government’s resignation.
However, a senior source was quoted as saying the aim was to reshuffle the cabinet following a corruption scandal.
Last Monday, Egypt’s agriculture minister was arrested in connection with the corruption inquiry.
In a statement, the presidency said Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab had delivered the government’s resignation to President Sisi who accepted it.
It said the president had asked outgoing oil minister Sharif Ismail to form the new cabinet within a week.
The outgoing government is to play a caretaker role until then, the statement said.
A senior government official quoted by AFP news agency said the reshuffle was to “pump new blood” into the government following the arrest of agriculture minister Salah Helal.
Shortly before his arrest, Mr Helal had resigned on the orders of President Sisi.
Reports said the arrest was in connection with allegations that officials took bribes to help businessmen illegally acquire state land.
Mr Sisi has promised to make the fight against corruption a focus of his administration.
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New Educated Zambia©❤√
September 14, 2015 at 9:07 am
Meanwhile here lungu is walking hand in hand with rb a man who faces corruption charges.
Dreams
September 14, 2015 at 3:10 pm
Uzakafa chikubaba…
Songo
September 14, 2015 at 9:38 am
This is how it should be. You can see that here sanity reigns not like our govt who always want to apportion blame on everyone for the wrongs they committed. I wish our country were Egypt all these ministers of failure would have resigned long time ago.
GIFT
September 14, 2015 at 9:59 am
IT IS ONLY IN ZAMBIA WHERE LEADERS ARE NOT ASHAMED OF THEIR WRONG DOINGS AND STAND UP WITH THEIR HEADS HIGH AS IF THEY ARE RIGHTEOUS.IN COUNTRIES LIKE EGYPT ‘CHANIGWESTA NI JAMESON’ WOULD HAVE RESIGNED FOR LYING TO ZAMBIANS ON THE NEW CONSITUTION
Dreams
September 14, 2015 at 3:11 pm
You will never be a leader. You have got no substance