THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Egypt's reformist Mohamed ElBaradei announced on Wednesday that he planned to run for president in an election expected to be held this year.It was the first time that Mr ElBaradei, who won the Nobel peace prize in 2005, has explicitly announced he would run for president after President Hosni Mubarak was overthrown by an 18-day popular uprising last month.
"When the door of presidential nominations opens, I intend to nominate myself," Mr ElBaradei said on a live talk show on privately-owned ONTV channel.
Mr ElBaradei, 68, also said that he would vote against constitutional amendments in a referendum set for March 19, adding that a new constitution must be drawn instead.
"I will not vote for these constitutional amendments, I will vote against these amendments," he said.
"The current constitution fell. It would be an insult to the revolution if we decided to retrieve this constitution," Mr ElBaradei said, calling instead for "a new constitution, a presidential vote and then parliamentary vote". >>> | Thursday, March 10, 2011
