CAIRO: Egypt's Coalition of the Youth of the Revolution has accused the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) of “weaving a new plot” to disrupt the revolution, with the same style and methods of the former regime led by the ousted President Hosni Mubarak. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Coalition said the arrests and trials of the youth of the revolution have “no basis in reality and the smear campaigns led against them, are all a natural result of the SCAF`s scheme.” It said that it is scheduled to organize a conference on Thursday at the headquarters of the al-Ghad Party, to reveal “more details related to the scheme against the revolution and how to confront it in the coming period.” The group said it would also announce plans of the coalitions for demonstrations set to take place on January 25, which marks the first anniversary of the revolution. The statement of the coalition said that the SCAF “is walking in the path of the disruption of the revolution with the same approach as Mubarak`s regime, which did not fall so far,” accusing the military junta of supporting corruption and keeping it in place, and of using it's “corrupt divisive media and its tools of oppression, and continuous statements talking about foreign plots, to depict the rebels and innocent citizens as a group of thugs and outlaws, agents and traitors.” The statement said that the SCAF refers those who brought it into power to military trials and “deliberately starved the people, and now is trying to intimidate Egyptians before the demonstrations of January 25.” It held the SCAF responsible for the deteriorating economic situation and high prices, lack of basic commodities such as bread, petrol, diesel and butane, in addition to the spread of crime in the street, pointing out that “this situation was the result of the Council's determination to stay in power and pursue a policy of Mubarak in the management of the country, in order to get rid of the revolution.” “The measures taken against the youth revolution and national figures cannot be easily overlooked after the revolution that the whole world witnessed, the revolution that was sparked for justice and change, not to increase the injustice,” the statement added. They called for the release of activist Ahmed Doma and all defendants from clashes near the Cabinet building in mid-December, blaming the military council for the events, “which were the result of the use of violence against peaceful protesters.” BM ShortURL: http://goo.gl/Z1G2R Tags: featured, Jan25, Revolution, SCAF, Youth Coalition Section: Egypt, Latest News
