Protests continue, reaction to Tantawi statement

Описание: (27 Nov 2011)
1. Top pan of Tahrir Square
2. Mid of female protesters
3. Various of protesters gathered in Tahrir Square
4. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Mahmoud Mutwali, protester:
"I will support anyone who will take power for the sake of the Egyptians and will meet the demand of the revolution and the protesters in Tahrir Square. I will support them, whether they're ElBaradei or anyone else."
5. Wide of Tahrir Square
6. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Mohammad Morsi, protester:
"I support ElBaradei. For me, it's enough that he's prepared to drop his candidacy (to become president) to serve as prime minister for just a month or two."
7. Wide of ambulances on road close to Tahrir Square
8. Top shot of Tahrir Square
9. Tilt down from Egyptian flag to protesters
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Muhammad Ismail, protester:
"The Army's role is protecting the country, there are borders and limits and they should not get involved in politics, politics is supposed to be left to the civilian authority."
11. Wide of protesters in Tahrir Square
12. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ahmad Ibrahim, protester:
"Of course they're holding talks about the army being involved in politics - but if they were to be part of the new elected parliament, then that parliament wouldn't have any value. We must be allowed access to a new parliament, otherwise this election won't mean anything."
13. Man painting Egyptian flag on child's face
14. Various of protest
STORYLINE
Egyptians took to Tahrir Square in central Cairo for a ninth day of protest on Sunday, ahead of elections scheduled to take place on Monday.
The demonstrators said they would support anyone in power who could meet their demands.
One protester, Mahmoud Mutwali, said that he would support Nobel Peace laureate Mohamed ElBaradei or any other candidate "who will take power for the sake of the Egyptians and will meet the demand of the revolution and the protesters in Tahrir Square".
Meanwhile, Mohammad Morsi praised ElBaradei, saying: "for me, it's enough that he's prepared to drop his candidacy (to become president) to serve as prime minister for just a month or two".
Sunday's rally falls on the ninth day of a revival of the protest movement that toppled former President Hosni Mubarak.
At least 41 protesters, mostly in Cairo, have been killed in the latest protests and more than two-thousand have been wounded.
Also on Sunday, Egypt's military ruler warned of "extremely grave" consequences if the turbulent nation does not pull through its current crisis.
Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, in comments carried by the nation's official news agency, also urged voters to turn out for the parliamentary elections on Monday.
The military council took power when Mubarak was ousted in February by a popular uprising.
But it has come under intense criticism - and nine months on, the protesters have taken to the streets again.
They remain angry at the military's failure to restore security, stop the rapid worsening of the economy or introduce the far-reaching reforms called for by the youth groups behind Mubarak's fall and the ongoing protest movement.

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