Egypt's Parliament on Sunday reprimanded a legislator who had called on the nation's policemen to shoot at demonstrators and show no leniency in dealing with them. The Parliament said MP Nachaat el-Qasas, a ruling National Democratic Party member, had violated the Constitution and misrepresented his party by asking the nation's security to kill protestors. El-Qasas had shocked the nation on 6 April when he expressed inimical sentiments towards opposition. His pronouncements in the Parliament followed a series of protests for political reform on the streets of the Egyptian capital. On Sunday, however, he called his invitation for policemen to shoot at demonstrators “a slip of the tongue”. “I won't do this again,” said el-Qasas in his apology, which was read out in the Parliament. “I know I've offended my party and Parliament itself,” he added.
