Ahram Online provides a blow-by-blow account of what promises to be the largest Tahrir Square protest since July, as movements from across Egypt's political and ideological spectrum protest military rule and the 'Selmi Document' 10:30 Tens of thousands of protestors have gathered in Tahrir Square well before Friday's noon prayer, chanting against the “El-Selmi Document” which contains government-proposed supra-constitutional principles. Several stages have been erected. Two main stages have been put up near the Mohamed Mahmoud entrance, another opposite the Mogamma government building and yet another near the Talaat Harb Street entrance. In all six stages have erected around the Cairo's largest square. The entrances to Tahrir have all been closed off, as demonstrators created committees to search those entering the square. In the square's metro stop, Anwar Sadat station, dozens are queuing at each of the six or so entrances. Most of the gathered protestors thus far belong either to the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and the affiliated Freedom and Justice Party or to one of the participating Salafist groups. Several tents were erected in the square Thursday night in anticipation of the largest Friday demonstration since July. Banners, reading “Down with military rule” could be seen early Friday morning all around the protest's venue. A number of groups including the MB, several factions of the Salafist movement, the Adl Party, the Revolutionary Socialists, the Democratic Workers Party, the Socialist Popular Alliance Party and others have declared their plan to participate. Others, however, have decided to boycott. They include the Free Egyptians Party, Tagammu Party, Wafd, April 6 Youth Movement, Revolution Youth Coalition and the Egyptian Communist Party. While some of those planning to join the Friday of One Demand are calling for a quick handover of power, others are also protesting the Selmi Document which contains the highly controversial supra-constitutional principles.
