A number of leaders of popular movements have confirmed their reservations about the visit by US President Barack Obama to Egypt. They said they are treating it as "clear and explicit support of the current system," considering the visit violates all the reports of the global human rights center, which emphasizes the deterioration of democracy in Egypt. Ahmed Maher, Coordinator General of the April 6 youth movement, explained that despite the movement's rejection of Obama's visit, they will not organize protests hostile to the United States. He pointed out that it would limit itself to a protest at the Press Syndicate on the arrival of US President, to submit an open letter to him that shows that the Egyptian people are not hostile to the United States, but refuse its policies in Iraq and Afghanistan. Maher said: "We will raise a number of slogans, demanding that Obama not support the Egyptian system of government because such support would have a negative impact on the situation of democracy in the country." He attributed that the "April 6 Youth" was satisfied to hear that the announcement of Obama's address to the Muslim world was from within the University of Cairo, and not Al-Azhar Mosque. It was suspected that the group refused to hold the announcement from the Al-Azhar Mosque as this is a place of sanctity in the hearts of the Egyptian people and the Islamic world at large. Abdel-Halim Kandil, general coordinator of Kefaya, said the youth movement and its leaders, will take part in a protest with a number of other trends and movements, to express their refusal of supporting the Egyptian regime and to have Obama hear all those who call for more freedom and democracy in Egypt. Kandil confirmed that the protests will not chant anything hostile to Obama or to the United States of America, but will welcome such a visit and appreciate the choosing of Cairo for the base from which Obama delivered his speech to the Islamic world. It speaks of his assessment of the role of Egypt, with the reservations that the foreign policy of the United States in the coming period will support the current system and makes an ally in the Middle East, which has a negative impact on the state of democracy in Egypt.
