Mubarak said that the demands of protesters for democracy are just and legitimate, but he adhered tightly to a framework for reform that Suleiman drew up and that protesters have roundly rejected, fearing it will mean only cosmetic change and not real democracy.
Hata hivyo, Mengi alisema wakati mwingine unalazimika kujibu hoja "unapoona mtu anapotosha mambo kwa makusudi" na akaeleza kuwa Waziri Simba si mtu msafi hivyo ni vema katika vita ya ufisadi inayoendelea akakaa kimya kuliko kujitokeza na kuropoka.