As the COVID-19 infection toll nears 20,000, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi released statements on social media calling for Egyptians to stand together as anger continues to rise among the nation’s doctors. “We stand together at an important moment…facing the coronavirus pandemic which requires everyone to continue being in solidarity to pass this ordeal in peace and to preserve the success we have achieved in various fields,” said President Sisi in the first of his three tweets on Thursday morning before warning “enemies of the state” who are doubting efforts taken by the Egyptian government. “In the midst of efforts the Egyptian state, the government and the people [are taking] to counter the pandemic, and [in the midst] of continued implementation of development plans and preservation of economic stability during the hardest of times, enemies of the state are trying to question the state’s efforts and achievements,” said the Egyptian President in his second tweet. “I reassert my highest confidence in the [Egyptian] people, who always demonstrate in difficult circumstances…the ability to confront and respond to these campaigns. God Save Egypt and the Egyptians.” President Sisi’s comments come as anger…
‘Enemies of the State Questioning Our Efforts’: Egypt’s President Sisi Calls for Unity
May 28, 2020
