By Patrick Werr, Yasmine Saleh 
REUTERS
CAIRO: Egypt delayed until Tuesday the swearing-in of a new Cabinet, appointed after a reshuffle that protesters said only partially met their demands for deeper political and economic reforms.
Prime Minister Essam Sharaf had scheduled the ceremony for 4 p.m. Monday, but state TV announced: “The Sharaf government will perform the constitutional oath tomorrow to complete consultation today.”

A core of protesters, who have camped in Cairo’s Tahrir Square since July 8, said they wanted further measures including a quicker trial of Hosni Mubarak, who was ousted as president on Feb. 11 after a popular uprising.
The reshuffle has changed more than half of the Cabinet, at least 15 ministers, including major portfolios such as finance and foreign affairs. But others, such as Interior Minister Mansour al-Essawy, have kept their posts.

The police have been a particlar target for protests because of tough tactics used during and after the uprising. Some protesters welcomed Essawy’s shake-up of top police officers last week. Others say he has not done enough.
“What is this Cabinet reshuffle that took place? It is ridiculous. We want Essawy to leave, he was unable to make any changes in the police force,” said Shaimaa Saif al-Din, a 22-year-old in the square.

Ahmad Maher of the April 6 movement, one of the groups driving the protests, said: “Our problem is with the way the police force works, not with the personalities.”
The new ministers will take the oath of office in front of Field Marshal Mohammad Hussein Tantawi, leader of the military council that took control of Egypt after Mubarak’s resignation, the state news agency MENA said.
Tantawi was defense minister under Mubarak for two decades.

Mubarak’s lawyer said Sunday the former president, who has been in hospital in Sharm el-Sheikh since April, had slipped into a coma, but hospital officials and the deputy health minister denied the report.
Protesters in Tahrir unfurled a huge banner Sunday that read: “Mubarak must stand trial.”

Preparations for the parliamentary election will begin Sept. 18, state media reported. An army source said last week that the election may be held in November, two months later than the September date expected.
Mubarak is due to appear in court Aug. 3 charged with abuse of power and killing protesters. Many Egyptians think the military wants to find ways to avoid humiliating its former commander in public.
“We are protesting and will stay protesting until all our demands are met,” a man said, addressing the crowd in a makeshift camp of tents in Tahrir.

“If someone is tired, they are most welcome to leave. If someone believes in what we are doing, please join us,” he said. “We won’t be fooled again. We want to see Mubarak stand trial.”
Among the new ministers are Mohammad Kamel Amr, who replaces Foreign Minister Mohammad al-Orabi, and Hazem al-Beblawi, a 74-year-old adviser at the Abu Dhabi-based Arab Monetary Fund, who replaces Finance Minister Samir Radwan. Orabi had held his new post for less than a month.
Beblawi was quoted Monday as saying he would implement a policy of open markets to encourage investment and that he had no problem accepting foreign loans.