Newly-appointed Deputy Prime Minster Yehia al-Gamal on Tuesday pointed to the presence of "certain ministers" in Egypt's new caretaker government that had been accused by the public of corruption.
“I have no personal differences with them,” he said. “But I side with the public in this matter.”
Al-Gamal also said he had briefed Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq on the issue. “The prime minister told me that it was up to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces to replace these ministers,” al-Gamal said.
He also ruled out rumors that ousted president Hosni Mubarak was still running the country from the Egyptian resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh.
“This is not true,” said al-Gamal, noting that Egypt's attorney-general had frozen the former president's assets and those of his immediate family.
“Mubarak is ill and depressed,” he added. “And the prime minister has informed me that the armed forces council is now in control.”
Translated from the Arabic Edition.
