Mubarak: Saya tidak undur hingga diUSIR

 
11 Feb 2011 Egypt's president Hosni Mubarak defied his country last night and refused to stand down.
Despite hundreds of thousands of people flooding into Cairo’s Tahrir Square expecting the 82-year-old to make way for a transitional government, he made it clear he was determined to cling on to power until elections in September.
In an 18-minute televised address he said he intended to remain in charge to oversee a ‘peaceful transition’ of power and ‘fulfil what I have already promised’.

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Contempt: Egyptians raise their shoes to show their attitude to President Mubarak - in the Middle East shoes are a symbol of dirt and degradation

Angry crowds jeered the president and waved their shoes in contempt as it became clear he was unwilling to submit to their demands for the end of his 30-year rule. Mubarak praised the young of Egypt and said the ‘martyrs’ who had been killed in the recent protests would get ‘justice’.

But Mubarak said he would not give in to ‘foreign interventions’ and added: ‘I express a commitment to carry on and protect the constitution and the people and transfer power to whomever is elected next September in free and transparent elections.
‘As president I don’t see anything wrong to hear the youth of my country and to respond to their demands but I will not accept at all any diktats by foreign countries.’

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Anticipation: Tens of thousands of people gathered in Tahrir Square in Cairo hoping to hear news of the resignation of Egypt's president

Unhappy: Hundreds of protesters in Tahrir Square show their contempt for Mubarak

Crowds: A tank is mobbed by swarms of people eagerly awaiting news from Mubarak

Evening prayers: Protesters in the square observe their religious duties by tanks

Delight: Armed soldiers receive hugs from anti-Mubarak protesters who were hoping he would stand down

Blocked: An Egyptian soldier sweeps his tank during anti-government demonstrations inside Tahrir Square in Cairo