埃及临时政府于电视讲话中宣布内阁辞职

Egypt’s interim government has resigned, in an unexpected move seen as potentially paving the way for a presidential bid by Field Marshall Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the defence minister.

埃及临时政府已经辞职，此举出乎人们的意料。有人认为此举可能是为国防部长阿卜杜勒•法塔赫•塞西元帅(Field Marshall Abdel Fattah al-Sisi)参加总统选举铺平道路。

Hazem al-Biblawi, the Egyptian prime minister, announced his cabinet’s resignation in a televised statement in which he offered no reasons for the decision.

埃及总理哈齐姆•贝卜拉维(Hazem al-Biblawi，见右图)在一个电视讲话中宣布了内阁的辞职，他在讲话中未提到作出这一决定的任何理由。

“[The government] made every effort to get Egypt out of the narrow tunnel in terms of security, economic pressures and political confusion,” he said.

他说：“（埃及临时政府）尽了全力令埃及摆脱安全和经济压力及政治混乱所造成的困境。”

Mr Biblawi, an economist, was installed as prime minister in the wake of the popularly backed coup in July that ousted Mohamed Morsi, the elected president.

在去年7月得到埃及民意支持的政变之后，经济学家出身的贝卜拉维被任命为埃及总理。那次政变罢免了埃及民选总统穆罕默德•穆尔西(Mohamed Morsi)。

His government included technocrats and a smattering of figures from secular parties opposed to Mr Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood group. He said the cabinet would remain in place until a new one had been announced.

贝卜拉维政府包括了技术官僚以及来自各世俗政党的人物，这些政党反对穆尔西的穆斯林兄弟会(Muslim Brotherhood)。他说，内阁将继续按部就班工作，直到新一届内阁宣布成立。

A key question is whether Field Marshall Sisi, who ousted Mr Morsi and who is seen as the de facto ruler of the country, will retain his position in the new cabinet.

关键问题在于，曾罢免穆尔西并被视为埃及实际统治者的赛西元帅是否会在新一届内阁中保留其职位。

If he is replaced, it will be a sign that an announcement that he will run for president could be imminent.

如果他在新一届内阁中的职位被人替换，那说明他很快就将宣布竞选总统。

A council of senior military commanders last month publicly authorised the defence chief to seek the top job, which he is widely expected to win.

就在上个月，一个由高级军事指挥官组成的委员会公开授权这位防务长官竞选总统，人们广泛预期赛西将赢得总统选举。

Human rights activists will be looking to see if Mohamed Ibrahim, the interior minister who has been leading a crackdown on Islamist and other dissenters will be moved. Many complain that police brutality has returned to levels seen before the 2011 uprising that ended the three-decade rule of Hosni Mubarak.

人权活动人士将会关注内政部长穆罕默德•易卜拉欣将军(Mohamed Ibrahim)是否会被撤换，这位内政部长一直在领导对伊斯兰主义分子和其他异见人士的镇压活动。许多人抱怨埃及警察暴力已恢复到2011年民变之前的水平。那场民变结束了胡斯尼•穆巴拉克(Hosni Mubarak)对埃及长达30年的统治。

Mr Biblawi said that with the adoption of a new constitution last month, Egypt had “completed an important portion of its march towards the construction of an open democratic society”.

贝卜拉维表示，上个月埃及通过了新的宪法，这表明埃及“在走向构建开放民主社会的进程中完成了重要一步”。