Egypt’s Minister of Interior announced that the country’s police force is stepping up its measures to “protect institutions and citizens” and warned against “conspiratorial schemes to incite chaos and confusion,” state-owned Al-Ahram reported. “The security forces will not, under any circumstances, tolerate any attempt to repeat the scenes of chaos and sabotage at a time when the country is moving forward with firm steps toward a promising future, God willing,” Abdel Ghaffar said, in what has been interpreted as a reference to the January 25, 2011 uprising that saw the storming of many police stations. Abdel Ghaffar’s statement comes as some activists have launched an online campaign calling for citizens to protest on November 11 in what has been dubbed the “Ghalaba [Poor/Marginalized] Movement.” The calls for protest are in response to rising prices and the overall economic situation that has seen sugar and infant formula disappear from the market. Many media personalities have slammed the protests as being planned and funded by the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. TV presenter Osama Kamal, for example, said that the date of the planned protests, 11/11, alludes to the symbol of the Rabaa massacre, where…
Egypt’s Interior Ministry Warns Against Schemes to ‘Incite Chaos’ Ahead of Planned Protests
October 25, 2016
