DHAKA: Egyptian presidential favourite and former army chief Abdul Fattah al-Sisi on Monday has vowed that the banned Muslim Brotherhood group "will not exist," should he win.


In his first interview with Egyptian TV, he added that two assassination plots against him had been uncovered, reports BBC.

Sisi removed Egypt's first democratically elected President Mohammed Morsi from power last July.

He is widely expected to win the presidential election on 26-27 May.

Sisi denied he had any political ambitions when he ousted President Morsi and launched a crackdown on the Brotherhood which supported him last year.

In a joint interview with Egypt's privately owned CBC and ONTV television channels he said: "I want to tell you that it is not me that finished (the Brotherhood). You, the Egyptians, are the ones who finished it."  

Asked whether the Brotherhood would cease to exist if he should gain the presidency, the former military leader dressed in a suit and answered, "Yes, That's right."  

BDST: 0920 HRS, MAY 06, 2014