Cairo, Egypt - Egypt's Prime Minister on Tuesday announced a number of measures aimed at satisfying angry protesters still staging sit-ins and demonstrations across the country. The are protesting what they say are frustrations at the perceived slow pace of change in the country since the overthrow of former President Hosni Mubarak and his regime. Dr. Essam Sharaf affirmed that the biggest reshuffle in the Interior Ministry's history would be finished in a matter of hours and not days, and should see the exclusion of all police officers involved in the killing of the 25 January revolution protesters.

The Egyptian Premier also promised a Cabinet reshuffle in one week that is expected to let go of former members of the dissolved party of the ousted President.

Dr Sharaf said a wide scale reshuffle of Governors would be completed before the end of July and should satisfy the public.

He said he was to personally supervise a special Fund for the revolution's martyrs, the wounded and their families to make sure their demands were being consistently met.

The Egyptian Premier appealed to the Higher Council of Justice to apply the principle of transparency in the trials of key figures of the ousted regime and Police officers accused of killing and injuring protesters during the January revolution.

Sharaf, who received the full endorsement of the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces during the current crisis, in the meantime on Tuesday, accepted the resignation of his deputy, Yehia Al-Gamal, a figure considered by many as a remnant of the old regime.

Protests are still taking place in Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square and elsewhere across the country, despite growing calls by even some revolutionary forces to end sit-ins for the moment, and give the Prime Minister, whom the public chose from the Square earlier in the year, a chance to deliver on his promises.

Groups of revolution youths are insisting, however, not to leave the streets with some considering the pledges insufficient as they have not tackled sensitive issues of socially oriented economic reforms.

The Egyptian Army on Tuesday vowed to continue to protect the revolution it supported from the first day and renewed its pledge to hand over power to a democratically elected civilian administration before the end of the year.

Pana 13/07/2011