Egypt junta may stay in power for years: Parliament speaker

He made the comments in an interview with Reuters on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Egypt's Supreme Elections Commission said that it would delay the results of the run-off race as it was still reviewing appeals from the participants, Mohammed Morsi, the candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood’s political wing, the Freedom and Justice Party and former Prime Minister Ahmad Shafiq.

The results were initially expected on Thursday.

Both Morsi and Shafiq are claiming victory in the run-off, which was held on June 16 and 17.

The SCAF formally announced the dissolution of the parliament on June 16 following an earlier Supreme Court ruling, assuming full legislative powers.

The Brotherhood, Egypt's largest political party, and the April 6 Youth Movement political activism group protested against the move by the military, calling it a constitutional coup against last year’s revolution.

Under a constitutional declaration issued late on Sunday night, the junta also took control of the state budget and accorded to itself veto power on a new constitution, making the new president almost powerless.