Presidential elections in Egypt are scheduled for late June 2012, the chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), Marshal Hussein Tantawi, said on Tuesday.
“Parliament elections will be carried out according to the earlier scheduled terms, while presidential elections will occur by the end of June 2012,” Tantawi said in a televised address to the nation.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Military Council and representatives of several political parties and movements agreed to transfer power to civil authorities no later than June 30, 2012, following violent protests in Cairo and other cities.
The rallies demanding a speedy transition to democratically elected authorities began on Friday and turned violent on Saturday. Violent clashes between protestors and police continued throughout the weekend, forcing the country's entire Cabinet to step down on Monday. A day after, fresh violence erupted near central Cairo's Tahrir Square.
The death toll in the protests rose to 28 on Tuesday, with 26 killed on Tahrir Square and two deaths in Alexandria and Ismailia, the official MENA news agency said citing Health Ministry data.
