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Army takes charge of guarding parliament buildings
With protesters stepping up their action in Tahrir Square, the army has stepped in to guard the nearby parliament buildings
Gamal Essam El Din Published in Ahram Online on 10 - 07 - 2011

A large number of army soldiers and personnel carriers took charge of guarding the buildings of the two houses of parliament on Saturday night. The move came after protests swept nearby Tahrir Square and a large number of demonstrators threatened to organise a large rally on Tuesday and impose a siege on the buildings of the People's Assembly and Shura Council.
After staging a million-man demonstration at Tahrir Square on Friday, 8 July, demonstrators belonging to a number of January 25 Revolution movements decided to organise a sit-in at Tahrir Square in a bid aimed at exerting pressure on the government of Prime Minister Essam Sharaf and the ruling military junta, pushing them to implement their agenda of political reforms.
Demonstrators took an aggressive step Sunday, deciding to block ordinary citizens and state employees from entering the buildings of the mugamma (government offices on Tahrir Square). In reaction, citizens coming from different governorates rushed to the nearby building of the cabinet, asking Prime Minister Sharaf to intervene to convince demonstrators to allow them to finish their business.
The army put armed vehicles in front of the main gates leading to the two buildings of parliament, while army soldiers joined forced with security personnel to guard them against attacks.

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