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"Gezondheidscrisis" Hosni Mubarak
De Egyptische president Mubarak heeft zijn toespraak ter gelegenheid van het nieuwe parlementaire jaar om gezondheidsproblemen moeten afbreken. De rechtstreekse televisie-uitzending werd plotseling onderbroken.
Bij de hervatting van de uitzending was Hosni Mubarak van het podium verdwenen. Een presidentiële woordvoerder sprak van een "gezondheidscrisis". Het verkeer in het centrum van Cairo werd kort daarna stilgelegd. Een helikopter is bij het parlementsgebouw geland.
De opening van het parlementaire jaar was zaterdag al uitgesteld wegens "een verkoudheid" van Mubarak.
http://www.omroep.nl/nos/nieuws/index.html#@http://www.omroep.nl/nos/nieuws/buitenland/buitenland.html
O wat hoop ik graag dat hij snel de pijp uit gaat.
Pixelshade
19-11-03, 12:13
doei hosni, rot maar lekker op 7louf :zwaai:
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Geplaatst door ZbaqZbaq
O wat hoop ik graag dat hij snel de pijp uit gaat.
Maakt dat wat uit? Staat er geen zoon van hem klaar om hem in de Republiek Egypte hem op te volgen. In Syrië kunnen ze zien hoe het moet.
Mubarak taken ill in parliament
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak suffered a "health crisis" as he was making a live televised speech, state TV said, cutting the transmission. Mr Mubarak was addressing parliament and the broadcast was briefly cut after he started slurring his words. But he later returned smiling to the chamber to continue his speech.
Deputies gave the 75-year old president - who has led Egypt since 1981 - a standing ovation after his 45-minute absence. Mr Mubarak, who spoke for about another five minutes after returning to parliament, told deputies that he had not fully shaken off a bout of flu. According to the Egyptian Information Minister, Safwat el-Sherif, Mr Mubarak had been observing the Muslim fast for the holy month of Ramadan, despite taking antibiotics. The opening of parliament had been postponed from Saturday because of Mr Mubarak's illness.
In the broadcast, Mr Mubarak stopped speaking and then said "the air-conditioning is too high", after which he collapsed onto the podium. During his absence Muslim leaders held prayers for his recovery.
Succession
The health scare is bound to raise concerns in Egypt about the succession, the BBC's Heba Saleh reports from Cairo. Mr Mubarak has refused to appoint a deputy - the normal practice by which Egyptian presidents have in past nominated a successor. His son Gamal has recently assumed a higher profile and more responsibilities in the ruling National Democratic Party, prompting speculation that he is being groomed for the succession. But both father and son have denied the rumours. Despite his age, the Egyptian leader is not known to have suffered any recent health problems. He took office after the 1981 assassination of President Anwar Sadat.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3283435.stm
Kortom: het wordt zijn zoon. En zo onstaan er steeds meer koninkrijkjes binnen de Arabische wereld.