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| Protesters in front of Shura Council |
CAIRO: Various reactions arose following the first day of enacting the protest law, and the dispersal of the protest against military trials in front of the Shura Council on Tuesday, which resulted clashes and several protestors’ detention, harassment and abuse.
The April 6 Youth Movement announced that they will be participating in protests until the government abolishes the protest law, as well as the article regarding trying civilians before military courts in the new constitution currently being drafted.
Meanwhile, Tarek al-Tohami the higher commission member at the Wafd Party affirmed that Hazem al-Beblawy’s Cabinet made a huge mistake by issuing the protest law, but stated that dismissing the Cabinet now is dangerous for Egypt, in a statement to Youm7.
Issuing the protest law is an important reason to oust Hazem al-Beblawy’s Cabinet, since they did not take the National Council for Human Rights’ suggestions when the Cabinet passed it, said Ahmed Darag, the National Association for Change leader, to Youm7.
The Freedom Front for Peaceful Change’s General Coordinator Essam el-Sherif told Youm7 that the Cabinet is trying to get rid of protestors, explaining that the regime’s reliance on the Ministry of Interior was one of the main reasons for ousting presidents Hosni Mubarak and Mohamed Morsi.
Sherif further denounced the security forces’ brutality while dispersing peaceful protestors on Tuesday.
On the other hand, Democratic Front Party leader Hamdy al-Fakhrani accused Ahmed Maher, the founder of the April 6 Movement, and political activist Ahmed Doma of inciting violence and protesting without a permit from the Ministry of Interior.
