Egyptian President says fed up and wants to go, but can’t.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak wants to go… But, there’s a problem: he can’t… That’s it. Mubarak can’t go. The man, who said two days ago that he has never sought power and the he “served” Egypt in the most difficult times without asking for any return, can’t go. The man, who ruled the country for more than three days, can’t go. Mubarak can’t go. That’s what he said in an interview to America's ABC News in which he claimed that he is "fed up" and wants "to go" after 62 years in public service. Mubarak justified is inability to go. According to him, he fears the consequences if he were to quit immediately. He believes that his resignation would bring chaos to Egypt. The President, who was “fed up” and favors stepping down, can’t go out of scare of the possible repercussions of his departure, as if the country was in a great situation nowadays and that stability was kept. "I am fed up. After 62 years in public service, I have had enough. I want to go," Mubarak said during Thursday's interview with ABC's Christiane Amanpour. Mubarak, 82, who remains inside his heavily guarded presidential palace in Cairo, also said he was troubled by the violence that erupted during the protests and that his government was not responsible for it."I was very unhappy about yesterday. I do not want to see Egyptians fighting each other," he was quoted as saying in an early snippet of the interview with ABC's correspondent. In her account of the interview, Amanpour said: "He told me that he is troubled by the violence we have seen in Tahrir Square over the last few days but that his government is not responsible for it. Instead, he blamed the Muslim Brotherhood, a banned political party here in Egypt." Mubarak, faced with slogans such as “Leave! Leave Leave!,” is responding to his opponents by launching his own slogans “I won’t! I won’t! I won’t”. His message is clear. He’s not ready for further compromises or concessions. He already did the maximum he could offer: pledging not to run again for presidency. But he will stay, whatever the price was.
