London–The head of Egypt's ruling party told the BBC on Thursday that he would be surprised if President Hosni Mubarak was still president on Friday.
"Yes, I would be, because I think the right thing to do now is to take the action that would satisfy…protesters," Hossam Badrawi told BBC television in a live interview.
"I see opportunity in this crisis because those young people middle-class, educated have achieved what all politicians did not in years in the past," he added.
Badrawi dismissed rumors that Mubarak might remain in a background role behind current Vice President Omar Suleiman.
"I don't think this is implementable," he said.
