Egypt’s opposition threatens to freeze political activities over crackdown
Some Egyptian political parties, reacting to recent arrests made to curtail protests, have threatened to cease political activity to express opposition to the authorities' approach.
CAIRO — Secular parties are considering freezing their political activities as a result of the recent campaign of arrests against people who oppose or have differences with the government.
The Dignity Party, which has a Nasserist orientation, indicated it would freeze its political activity if authorities continue with the same approach. The party, established in the wake of the January 25 Revolution and led by former presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi, warned Sept. 18 that the government's actions pave the way for a environment that can "reproduce terrorism and anarchy.”
The party wrote on Facebook, “There can’t be any work in the public sphere in light of the regime insisting on victimizing all of its oppositionists and confiscating all areas of peaceful public action; this could prompt us to announce freezing partisan action.”
The post added, “The authority in Egypt has confronted with utmost violence any initiatives for peaceful political practice, even those that go in line with the regime’s legitimacy, the constitution and the law which [the authority] uses as an umbrella.”
