The SCAF's original statement had been to hold parliamentary and presidential elections by September 2011. One of the loudest voices rejecting this short transition period has been former IAEA chief Mohammed ElBaradei. Though the military denied today that there was a possibility that presidential elections would be postponed until 2012, Almasryalyoum, one of Egypt's top dailies, learned that a strong trend within the SCAF indicated that the creation of a new constitution prior to holding presidential elections was seen as extremely important..
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