The Muslim Brotherhood's Shura Council decided to postpone until Tuesday 3 April a meeting to discuss the group's decision on the endorsement of a presidential candidate from inside or outside of the group.
Ahmed Abdel Rahman, a council member, told Al-Masry Al-Youm that the meeting was postponed for "more pondering," adding that "all the cards are on the table."
Another member of the council, Saad Emara, said the military council agreed to allow the Muslim Brotherhood to form a new cabinet on the condition that it appoints two deputies for the prime minister and 10 other ministers, a proposal rejected by the group.
The Islamist group’s political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party, said on its website that 110 members of the Brotherhood’s Shura Council would meet Tuesday to decide whether to field a presidential candidate.
Mohamed al-Beltagy, a Brotherhood leader, told the Al-Tahrir television channel late Monday that an internal Brotherhood poll showed a majority of its members opposes reversing the group’s earlier pledge not to field a candidate.
