CAIRO: Top leadership of Egypt's National Democratic Party resigned on Saturday, including Gamal Mubarak, the son of President Hosni Mubarak.
Al Arabiya television said Mubarak had also resigned as head of the ruling party. This could not immediately be confirmed.
Protesters who have rocked Egypt’s political system have complained about corruption, poverty and political repression that left power in the hands of Mubarak and his allies.
The outgoing leaders include secretary general Safwat el-Sherif, 77, who has been powerful in the Egyptian establishment since the 1960s and is a pillar of the old guard.
Sherif is also speaker of the upper house of parliament.
Without a place in the leadership, Gamal Mubarak would no longer qualify as the party’s presidential candidate under the existing constitution.
President Mubarak himself bears the title of NDP president and state television did not say that had changed.
The outgoing leadership make up the five-man core committee in the party. The other members are Zakaria Azmi, Mubarak’s chief of staff, NDP spokesman Ali el-Din Hilal and steel magnate Ahmed Ezz, who had already resigned a few days after the outbreak of the popular uprising against Mubarak.
