Mohamed ElBaradei labeled the statements of the military council regarding the clashes around the Defense Ministry a “tragedy.”
Members of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces held a press conference at noon on Thursday to comment on the clashes between anti-military protesters and unknown attackers that left at least seven dead and hundreds injured on Wednesday.
On Twitter, ElBaradei opened fire on "the statements of Major General Hassan al-Roweiny, member of the military council, in which he said that he demanded the protestors to go back to their homes until the real perpetrators of the attack are known, adding that the demonstrators refused to be protected from the unknown attackers."
The former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, who pulled out of the presidential race in January, said the military council and the government are either incapable of providing security or they accomplices.
ElBaradei also criticized Parliament, as the sole elected authority, and its attitude toward the lives lost.
“The success of the revolution is inevitable and the ousted regime will vanish,” he concluded.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
