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Egypt's Shafiq vows to guard revolution's gains

By REUTERS

MAY 26, 2012 15:34

CAIRO - Ahmed Shafiq, who will fight an Islamist candidate in a runoff for Egypt's presidency next month, vowed on Saturday to restore security after the revolution that unseated Hosni Mubarak.

Shafiq, 70, an ex-air force commander like Mubarak, is widely viewed as a symbol of the old order, but sought to combat that image after coming second to the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Mursi in this week's first round.

"Your revolution was stolen," he told a news conference, addressing youth groups that spearheaded last year's popular uprising. "I pledge to return its fruits to your hands."

Shafiq, who was Mubarak's last prime minister, said that "the clock cannot be turned back", but that he would not let the country "drown in chaos".

Much of his rhetoric indirectly targeted the Brotherhood, playing on fears among Egypt's minority Christians and secular liberals that a Mursi presidency would threaten their freedoms.

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