The conditions and demands set by political powers in exchange for supporting the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Mursi in the runoff of Egypt’s presidential election are “provocative blackmail and cannot be implemented”, Mohamed Ghezlan, spokesperson of the Brotherhood, said.
The brotherhood will not provide any written pledges, Ghezlan added.
Frontrunner Mursi and ex-prime minister Ahmed Shafiq will face each other in the runoff slated for June 16-17.
“This is the most we can offer,” Ghezlan told the London-based Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper.
Demands include disbanding the brotherhood, appointing a vice president on condition that the president does no sign any decree unless his VP signs it, Ghezlan stated.
Mursi said on Tuesday at a conference he will bring in non-brotherhood members as officials in his administration and one of them might head the cabinet. He promised to guarantee the rights of women and Christians in a modern democratic state.
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