CAIRO: Eleven political parties, movements and coalitions said today's protests will demand trialing leaders of the former regime and the killers of the protests during the January 25 Revolution, dismissing the Minister of Interior Major General Mansour el-Issawi, and dissolving all governmental institutions from the remnants of the former regime and the National Democratic Party. The political parties, movements and coalitions included the National Assembly for Change, the National Council, April 6 Youth movement, the Democratic Front, Justice and Freedom Party and Youth Front Party, along with campaigns that support Mohamed el-Baradei. According to the coordinator of the youth movement for justice and freedom, Mohammed Awad, the demands for this Friday will include stopping gas exports to Israel, setting a minimum and maximum wage, and stopping the use of military trials on civilians. The Facebook page 'We are all Khaled Said' made similar demands, adding the return of police to the streets. In order to recapture the spirit of Tahrir Square, the development coalition of the youth revolution wrote several basic principles and named it the 'Tahrir Charter.' This stated that there must be no partisanship in order to unify demands and slogans. It also said to incite no violence or controversy in the square. In Alexandria, there were calls from activists for people to descend near the Kaked Ibrahim mosque to protest. There was also a video campaign showing the demands of the protests screened on public screens in the five main squares of Alexandria. The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and the Freedom and Justice Party declined to sit-in on Friday but said they would protest. They warned their followers against raising banners bearing the slogan, "the constitution first." After the announcement of the MB and the Salafis to participate in today's demonstrations, the April 6 Youth Movement, as confirmed by its spokesperson Mohamed Adel, invited all political movements to participate and resolve the issue of what should come first the constitution or elections. Adel pointed out that the call will not exclude anyone. Abdel Moneim el-Shahat, spokesman for the Salafi missionaries, said the Salafi youth movement has taken permission to take part in the protests, and that they had talked with the Youth Revolution Coalition and said they would not raise banners asking for the constitution to come first. They also said they will not protest against the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) and Egypt's Prime Minister, Essam Sharaf. Ahmed Bilal of the Tagammu Party said his party will mobilize a large number of its members in the square under the slogans, "let's unite in order to achieve the goals of the revolution" and "the poor and the blood of the martyrs, first." He said his party will hold a sit-in at the square this evening. Bilal also said his party says it's necessary for the constitution to come first. This is the position of many parties taking part in the protests, he added. Amr Hashem Rabie, a political expert at Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies, said political forces have one goal which is to go to Tahrir Sqaure again which he said is a good step. The motive behind the protests is that the revolutionaries fear the loss of the gains of the revolution, he added. Rabie will not, however, take part in July 8 protests because he is abroad. He said the military council is responsible for what happens, and not the government. Rabie also said that national dialogue sessions have achieved only half of their aims. He added that the process, including trialing leaders of the former regime, is too slow.
