Some say I should not cross the red lines! But are there red lines that should not be crossed after the dereliction of duty for failing to secure the country? The Minister of Interior has gone beyond all lines. The Sunday events were a clear evidence of security negligence which requires a full security reform. How could we turn a blind eye on the large number of innocent who were killed yesterday, despite their support to President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and the Egyptian state? Those martyrs were killed because they loved the president and supported him inside and outside Egypt. Al-Sisi and the Egyptian state were the real target of all these brutal terrorist operations. Therefore, we expect serious steps from the president rather than the government. My demands may outrage some people, and others may threaten me in the future, but I will say it clearly with no fear or hesitation. The interior minister should be sacked and the security system should be reformulated. How could we accept that terrorists announce targeting certain churches on their websites, and then they fulfilled their threats in daylight and on the Palm Day? If the bombings took place on a normal day, we would accept that security measures were not strict enough. But the bombings occurred on the Palm Day when the Copts celebrate in their churches, which are targeted by terrorists. How can we describe what happened?! After the St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral attacks in January, the president said: "I have made decisions that you would like, but they do not serve the public interest." He was pointing out to the popular demands to dismiss the interior minister. We now need a similar decision to restore confidence and reassure the people. I am addressing only the president: "The entire Egyptian people are expecting you to re-formulate the security system in Egypt. It is no longer acceptable in an ancient country like Egypt to react to terrorist attacks only after they happen. I may realize that security failure could happen once, twice or three times, on the condition to prepare our plans and assign the suitable person to carry out their mission, through collecting information, so as to take all necessary procedures in advance. The security failure that took place in Tanta and Alexandria was not the responsibility of the officers and conscripts of police who face terrorism in the street bravely. It was the responsibility of those who put strategic plans in the Egyptian security agencies, led by the minister of interior. Parliament was partly responsible for the events, because the draft law related to intensifying penalties for terrorist crimes has not been discussed yet, although it has been submitted since December. I am wondering how these slow procedures could assist the state in its war against the worst terrorist crimes in human history. There is a larger disaster, represented in the calls for reconciliation with the Muslim Brotherhood adopted by some officials in the Egyptian state. If these calls were declared with the knowledge of the Egyptian state, it would be a disaster, and if they were declared behind the state's back, it would be a larger disaster. Yes, gentlemen, some officials are tired of the confrontation with the terrorist MB, and others consider them Egyptians and calls for reconciliation with their leaders. Some clerics talk about reviewing extremist thoughts inside prisons. Which thoughts? We are talking here about some people who incited against police, army and civilians, whether Copts or Muslims. How could they shake hands with the killers of our children? Does this explain the military wings of these groups' pressure on the Egyptians and some political forces to accept reconciliation through their old methods of pressure practiced for five decades in their struggle with the Egyptian state? If the security strategies and the related package of laws dealing with terrorism and terrorist groups like the Brotherhood have not changed, the terrorists will always precede us, until we will be forced to negotiate with them. This was the Brotherhood and its allies' plan since 30/6/2013. We will face these plans together, both Muslims and Christians, regardless the sacrifices.
