Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab and his Cabinet resigned
Saturday, according to a government statement.
The country's
President, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, accepted the resignations and asked the
Cabinet to keep working on a caretaker basis until a new government is formed.
El-Sisi then
gave petroleum minister Sherif Ismail the task of forming a new government,
asking him to do so within a week.
Egyptian
parliamentary elections are scheduled to begin in October and go through
November. Results will be announced in December.
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