Al-Masry Al-Youm reports: The Revolutionary Socialists have called for uniting in the face of presidential hopeful Ahmed Shafiq, describing him as the representative of counter-revolutionary forces.

The group in a statement issued Monday called on the Brotherhood to make a pledge to form a presidential panel and to pick a prime minister from outside the Brotherhood.

The statement said Shafiq, Hosni Mubarak’s last prime minister, would have not been able to reach the runoff had the counter-revolutionary camp not rallied all its strength, organizational abilities and suppressive media.