Egypt: new call for demonstrations Friday to bring revolution back on track
source: http://www.examiner.com/foreign-policy-in-national/egypt-new-call-for-demonstrations-friday-...
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It's called 'Friday back on track' and it's an SOS from various factions of Egypt's youth movement to get people into the streets tomorrow to remind the 'interim' military government (SCAF) to get better at organizing and securing the promised civilian rule of the country. This initiative is supported by presidential hopeful and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Mohammed elBaradei.
On the Internet, which has become an important tool for organizing the events, several pages have called for this demonstration tomorrow, including the page that started it all, named 'We are all Khaled Said'. Khaled Said is the young man who was murdered by Egyptian police for having reported their abuses on line during the Mubarak regime. He became the symbol of the Egyptian Revolution. In fact, the page has enumerated its demands, shown below:
* Permanent End of military trials of civilians
* A clear timeline with exact dates of when the military council will hand over power to an ELECTED CIVIL authority (the initially promised 6 months have now finished).
* Cancelling the new law issued by military council that prohibits sit-ins and strikes.
* Change the new elections law that helps the same old corrupt businessmen win the elections.
* Ensure the Egyptian police focus on ending crime and criminality rather than attacking law abiding citizens.
* Implement the minimum pay for public sector workers and maximum salaries for senior officials.
* Implement Egyptian laws that will ensure the corrupt heads and symbols of Mubarak's ruling national party, and who have been proved to have rigged Egyptian elections for years, can no longer stand elections again.
http://www.examiner.com/foreign-policy-in-national/egypt-new-call-for-demonstrat...
On the Internet, which has become an important tool for organizing the events, several pages have called for this demonstration tomorrow, including the page that started it all, named 'We are all Khaled Said'. Khaled Said is the young man who was murdered by Egyptian police for having reported their abuses on line during the Mubarak regime. He became the symbol of the Egyptian Revolution. In fact, the page has enumerated its demands, shown below:
* Permanent End of military trials of civilians
* A clear timeline with exact dates of when the military council will hand over power to an ELECTED CIVIL authority (the initially promised 6 months have now finished).
* Cancelling the new law issued by military council that prohibits sit-ins and strikes.
* Change the new elections law that helps the same old corrupt businessmen win the elections.
* Ensure the Egyptian police focus on ending crime and criminality rather than attacking law abiding citizens.
* Implement the minimum pay for public sector workers and maximum salaries for senior officials.
* Implement Egyptian laws that will ensure the corrupt heads and symbols of Mubarak's ruling national party, and who have been proved to have rigged Egyptian elections for years, can no longer stand elections again.
http://www.examiner.com/foreign-policy-in-national/egypt-new-call-for-demonstrat...
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Aimee_Kligman
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Yesterday, I was talking to an Egyptian friend in Cairo who said to me that Egypt after January 25th is the same as Egypt was before January 25th. How long will it take for reform to happen?
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