From ALJAZEERA:
…In scenes reminiscent of the 18-day uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak in February, the square resonated with chants of “the people want to bring down the field marshal”.
[Field Marshal Muhammed Hussein] Tantawi promised that the military had no interest in staying in power and said a presidential election to replace the council as the country’s ultimate executive authority would be held before July 2012, the first time Egypt’s military rulers have set a deadline for the presidential vote.
He asserted that parliamentary elections scheduled to start on November 28 would go ahead. He also suggested the possibility of a national referendum on the SCAF’s rule that would return the military to its barracks should citizens vote against the council…
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