REPORT: Egypt IMF negotiator to be offered finance minister post

Hany Kadri, who oversaw talks with the International Monetary Fund over a stalled rescue package last year, will be asked to serve as Egypt's interim finance minister, two sources in the government told Reuters on Saturday.
   
Interim Prime Minister Hazem El-Beblawi will also offer the foreign minister job to former ambassador to the United States Nabil Fahmy, the sources said. The candidates have not yet accepted the posts and the decisions are not yet final.
   
Former Interior Minister Ahmed Gamal el-Din would be offered the post of deputy prime minister responsible for security and former Planning Minister Ashraf al-Araby would be offered to return to the post he left in May.

On another note, Egypt's public prosecutor's office said it had received complaints accusing deposed President Mohamed Morsi and other senior leaders of his Muslim Brotherhood of spying, inciting killings of protesters and damaging the economy.                          

The prosecutor's office said in a statement it was investigating the complaints to prepare a file to allow those accused to be questioned.                  

Earlier on Saturday, supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi gathered in Cairo, after Islamists vowed to sustain for months their campaign to restore him to power.                         
Crowds waved national flags and chanted in support of the ousted leader.                                                    
One placard read "Pro Democracy, Anti coup."                   

"Our main demand is for the return of legitimacy, the return of President Morsi to power. And also the return of all state institutions such as the Shurah Council and the parliament, which were stopped by the decision of the Constitutional Court," said Khader Abed El Minem, one of the Morsi supporters.                

The new military-backed administration of interim President Mansour Adly, along with the grand imam of Al-Azhar, the most prominent Sunni Muslim institution, has floated offers for "national reconciliation."                                  

Newly appointed Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi is reportedly promising to finish assembling his Cabinet by next week, a government official told Egypt's state news agency.                  

A presidential spokesman has said the Muslim Brotherhood will be offered posts.                                            
The Brotherhood remains steadfast in its opposition, saying its supporters will stay in the streets for as long as it takes to force the reinstatement of Morsi, who was overthrown on 3 July after four days of massive protests demanding his removal.                   

But ten days on, the Brotherhood and its allies appear to have failed to bring a significantly wider segment of society onto the streets on their side.


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