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Egyptian Presidential Candidate: Sisi no longer Muslim brothers in Egypt / Breaking News

File photo of Egypt's Defense Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi seen during a news conference in Cairo

The Egyptian presidential candidate Sisi gives his first campaign promise: The Muslim Brotherhood would no longer play a role in his tenure, he said in an interview. The military would withdraw from the government.

Egypt’s former army chief Abd al – Fattah al – Sisi shows irreconcilable . As president of the country he wanted to ensure that the Muslim Brotherhood ” no longer play a role,” he said in a TV interview . The Brotherhood was ” the end” , and will not return , should he be elected , said the 59 -year-old continued . The Egyptians would have rejected the ideology of the group.

The Egyptian military had the Islamist President Mohamed Morsi overthrown in July. In the subsequent protests of his supporters more than 1400 people were killed. Mursi Muslim Brotherhood was subsequently banned and arrested their leaders . In summary proceedings now hundreds Muslim Brothers were sentenced to death or to long prison terms .

Sisi said in the TV interview on, even the army would not interfere in the affairs of the country, if he would elected president. The army would but increase their support for the police in the fight against terrorism.

Speaking in his first television interview of his electoral campaign, he said: “I want to tell you that it is not me that finished (the Brotherhood). You, the Egyptians, are the ones who finished it.”

The country has been in turmoil for much of the past three years. Mass protests got rid of autocrat Hosni Mubarak in 2011 and elections followed a year later.

And Mr al Sisi repeated the allegations during Monday’s broadcast, accusing the Brotherhood of links to violent militant groups.

The 59-year-old former head of the army, who is expected to win the May 26-27 poll, also revealed two plots to assassinate him had been uncovered.

Hundreds of people have been killed and thousands arrested since the Muslim Brotherhood was banned.

Last week, a judge sentenced the group’s spiritual leader, Mohammed Badie, and 682 supporters to death in a mass trial.

More than 1,200 people have been accused of attacking both police and public property after security forces broke up two Cairo protest camps set up by supporters of Mr Morsi last August.

The former president is on trial in Minya in three separate cases, including one for inciting the killing of protesters outside a presidential palace during his time in office.

Mr Mubarak is also on trial facing charges of inciting, agreeing to, and aiding in the killing of protesters during the January 25 revolution.

He is also charged with “spreading chaos in the country, creating a security vacuum”, wasting public funds and illegally exporting oil.

Egyptian media have been portraying Mr al Sisi as the only person capable of running the country.

In the presidential elections in late May Sisi is regarded as the clear favorite . Opposing candidate is the left-wing politicians Hamdin Sabahi . It is , however, generally agreed that Sisi , who resigned his positions as army chief and defense minister for the nomination, will win the election clear.

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