Mubarak promises democratic reforms for Egypt
President Hosni Mubarak pledged today to promote further democratic reforms in Egypt in his first comments since winning the first presidential elections held in the Arab world’s largest country.
Mubarak, who won Wednesday’s multi-candidate election with 88% of the vote, thanked Egyptians for awarding him his fifth six-year term as president. Mubarak succeeded Anwar Sadat, who was assassinated by Islamic militants in 1981.
