Top Egypt Islamist says military seeking to keep power

The powerful Muslim Brotherhood's Khairat al-Shater, barred from Egypt's first post-Arab Spring presidential election, accused the country's military rulers on Wednesday of seeking to stay in power and promised an anti-government protest.

He spoke after the electoral commission confirmed that 10 candidates had been barred from standing, rejecting challenges by him and another Islamist and the old regime's spy chief.

"The way the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) runs Egypt ... shows manipulation in the democratisation process and a desire to prevent people from democratically electing their president," Shater told journalists.

He accused the SCAF of seeking "to extend the transitional period," which is scheduled to end in June after a president is elected. Read More

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