Egypt's VP Baradei resigns after crackdown against protesters

CAIRO, EGYPT

Egypt’s Vice President Mohammad ElBaradei has resigned saying he couldn’t bear the responsibility for decision he disagreed with.

ElBaradei’s resignation comes after more than one hundred people were killed in a crackdown by security forces to clear protests by supporters of ousted President Mohammad Mursi.

Baradei said “he cannot bear responsibility over decisions he doesn’t agree on,” adding that “there were more peaceful means” to solve the country’s crisis.

Tareq Fahmy, professor of International Relations at Cairo University, told the press that Baradei’s resignation will not affect the political roadmap unveiled by the army when the Islamist leader Mursi was ousted on July 3.

AFP