Egypt Rocked by Widespread Protests Against Sisi

Date: 23 September 2019 - 22:52

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By: Kayhan Int’l Staff Writer

Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Cairo and several other Egyptian cities since late last Friday chanting slogans against the dictatorial regime of President General Abdul-Fattah as-Sisi.
According to witnesses, the regime has responded with harsh measures, arresting scores of peaceful demonstrators and subjecting them to violent treatment.
Security forces used tear gas in Cairo, but many young people stayed on the streets in the centre of the capital, shouting "Leave Sisi.”
Protests have become very rare in Egypt following a broad crackdown on by Sisi, who was installed in power by the Saudis and the Emiratis on the instructions of the Americans and the Israelis, after overthrowing the only elected president in Egypt’s history, Mohammad Morsi in 2013.
Protests were held in Alexandria on the Mediterranean coast, Suez on the Red Sea as well as the Nile Delta textile town of Mahalla el-Kubra, about 110 km north of Cairo, according to residents and videos posted online.
There was a heavy security presence in downtown Cairo and on the famous Tahrir Square where mass protests started in 2011 which toppled longtime dictator Hosni Mubarak.
Mohamed Ali, a building contractor and actor turned political activist who lives in Spain, called in a series of videos for the protest after charging Sisi and the military with corruption.
Mohammad Ali has called for the overthrow of the regime, and has vowed to continue the protests against state corruption.
The regime has imposed strict austerity measures since 2016 as part of a $12 billion loan package from the International Monetary Fund. This has led to wide spread discontent over rising prices.
Nearly one in three Egyptians live below the poverty line on less than $1.40 a day, according to official figures released in July.
The Egyptian Muslim people also deeply resent the dependence of the regime on the U.S. and the illegal Zionist entity, as well as upon Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
Most analysts believe that a volcano is about to burst to sweep into oblivion the regime, and return Egypt to the Islamic fold.