Egyptians continue anti-junta protest

Chanting slogans late on Sunday, the demonstrators demanded the execution of the former ruler for his complicity in the killing of pro-democracy protesters during the country’s revolution last year, Reuters reported.

The demonstrators were outraged at the ruling generals after Mubarak and his interior minister, Habib al-Adli, were sentenced to life in prison for the killing of nearly 900 protesters during the revolution while six police chiefs were acquitted of wrongdoing.

The verdict sparked fierce clashes between the families of the victims and security officials inside the court as angry spectators called the court illegitimate and demanded that Mubarak be executed.

“The people demand to topple the regime!” the protesters chanted in Cairo’s iconic Tahrir Square, referring to the junta, which took power after Mubarak was overthrown in February 2011.

“I want to say that we want to maintain security over our country, we need to be free, we need a president to protect us,” a protester stated.

Muslim Brotherhood presidential candidate Mohammed Morsi will face former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq in a run-off election on June 16 and 17.

On Saturday, Morsi said the demonstrators are the only people who can guarantee a free and fair election and the transfer of power from the ruling junta.

“All of us, my brothers, must realize in this period that the continuation of the revolution, and the revolutionaries’ staying put in their positions in the squares, is the only guarantee to achieve the goals,” he stated.

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