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Egypt's Democratic Current demands sacking of Interior Minister before elections The liberal-leftist coalition wants reforms in police structure and protest law as conditions for participation in parliamentary elections
The Democratic Current (DC) decided in an emergency meeting on Monday to set five conditions for its members to participate in the parliamentary elections scheduled for March. The meeting of the umbrella formation ofliberal and leftist parties comes after the death of leftist activist Shaimaa El-Sabagh in Cairo on Saturday at a peaceful protest that was forcefully dispersed by police generated widespread anger among liberal constituencies. The DC includes the left-of-centre Constititution Party, Social Democratic Party, Nasserist Popular Current and Karama Party, Socialist Popular Alliance Party and the Socialist Party. The meeting was held at the headquarters the Socialist Alliance Party (SAP) in downtown Cairo. The SAP had accused on Sunday the police of "deliberately" killing its member El-Sabagh at the Saturday protest. Khaled Dawoud, the spokesperson of the Constitution Party outlined the DC conditions to Ahram Online. - The sacking of the current Minister of Interior Mohamed Ibrahim. - Reforming the ministry of interior. - Amending the controversial Protest Law. - Releasing all those detained against the background of violating the Protest Law. - The conduction of a transparent investigation in the murder of Shaimaa El-Sabagh. More to follow. http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/121417.aspx