Egypt's ElBaradei insists on int'l poll monitors
None
Egyptian presidential hopeful Mohamed ElBaradei, in an interview published on Wednesday, criticized the ruling army's refusal to allow foreign monitoring of forthcoming elections and its subjection of civilians to military trials.
The former head of the UN nuclear watchdog also told the newspaper al-Shorouk he was concerned that continued economic stagnation in Egypt, following the exodus of tourists and investors in the wake of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak, could fuel renewed popular anger in the country.
"Refusal of international election monitoring, one of the main seven demands voiced before the revolution for democratic transition (is based) on the erroneous understanding of interference in (the country's) sovereignty," ElBaradei said (Reuters).
