Egyptian opposition groups have called on embattled President Hosni Mubarak to resign immediately, saying the government should meet protesters' demands.
The demand follows negotiations between the opponents of Mubarak's regime and Vice President Omar Suleiman to resolve the current standoff in the North African country.
A representative of the Muslim Brotherhood -- Egypt's main opposition group -- told Press TV that it is not negotiating with the Mubarak regime, but merely conveying the opposition's ultimatums to the embattled president.
Millions of Egyptians took to the streets on Sunday to honor hundreds of protesters killed during the anti-government rallies of the past 13 days.
According to the United Nations, at least 300 people have so far been killed and thousands more injured during nationwide protests in crisis-hit Egypt.
In order to have an in-depth analysis of the latest developments in Egypt, Press TV has interviewed Sameh Elatfy, lawyer and member of Change for Egypt, London.
Press TV: Today, on the 13th day [of massive demonstrations in Egypt] -- we have reports that up to two million people have made it to Tahrir Square, Liberation Square, today. Do you see this movement gaining momentum or not?
Sameh Elatfy: First of all, we have to salute all Egyptians covering every single day. We see all kinds of Egyptians at the moment at the Tahrir Square, and as you see, [as] everyone sees in the world, millions of millions change in the[ir] position and go to the streets to demand one thing only.
And I think this revolution is not going to stop and these millions of people don't want to go back to normal life unless one demand only is met: President Mubarak has to go. This demand is not met at the moment for all these talks with Mr. Suleiman and all these parties and Muslim Brotherhood as well. So, this revolution will not end and it will continue. Egyptian people proved they are no more scared of this regime and it has to go completely. They don't want to accept any decoration and all this fake moves by the government.
So, many Egyptians, young and old, know what is going on; they know what they need.
So, I think the revolution is going to continue inside Egypt and outside it through the support of all Egyptians over the world as well.
Press TV: How likely is it in your perspective that Mubarak could actually survive this until September?
Sameh Elatfy: Realistically looking at the situation now in Egypt, and just Egypt, what is going on there, we have seen a lot of dilemma, we have sees the status is going to have a lot of problems in the next few days.
We have the banks open today for some hours; a lot of people withdrew all the money and there is no supply of main basic foods and we have no police force. In these cases, Mubarak can't survive... I think he is trying to save his case from entering Egyptian or international court, but the political view now doesn't favor his survival at all, because we have no country, the Egyptian economy is damaged every single day.
So, no one can afford this for a long time, I mean thirteen days, the demonstration is every day in the streets, the suspension of universities, schools, they don't have wages. The life is stopped there. So, I don't think Mubarak's survival will last long, his stay in office till September.
Mr. Suleiman is trying hard now to start a national dialog with all parties including Muslim Brotherhood, and some of the youth of the 25th Movement. I think Mubarak is looking now to America and Israel for how he can get out of this dilemma Egypt is in. But I don't think that he can last long because... look at the international community now. Here in London, we have a big protest, a demonstration in front of Downing Street and we handed Mr. Cameron some demands to stop supporting dictator criminal Mubarak in Egypt and try to use his power to call for democracy in Egypt.
The international community is not the United States or Britain now; we have a lot of Egypt's allies withdrawing investments in Egypt. So we will have a dark future for the next few weeks if Mubarak is not getting out of power. And I think all the dialog is for getting out peacefully and transferring the power to Suleiman.
This is the problem. And millions and millions of people on the streets refused over Suleiman as he was part of the regime, he was an advisor for Mubarak for 25 years. He is an ally to Israel as well. When our guest says Israel will not trust Suleiman, I disagree with him. Omar Suleiman is the best for Israel.
He is the one helping to kill a lot of people in Gaza. He is the one [with] the idea of the wall between Egypt and Gaza. He is good for Israel. I think Israel will play a big part to replace Mubarak with Suleiman.
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