Even as Sisi frees prisoners, opponents unite against him
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is releasing more opposition prisoners, bringing the number to 8,000 since he became president in 2014, but he hasn't appeased his rivals.
CAIRO — The Egyptian opposition at home and abroad is amplifying its call to unify their ranks against the government.
Ayman Nour, a former Egyptian presidential candidate and head of Ghad El-Thawra Party, said in a June 9 Facebook post that representatives of the Egyptian opposition far and wide have met numerous times to discuss his plan to build a national dialogue.
Nour, who launched the initiative in April, calls for “saving Egypt from the regime of [President] Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.”
The head of the pro-opposition Constitution Party, Alaa al-Khayyam, said in a May 26 interview with the Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated Arabi 21 news website that he and parliament member Ahmad Tantawi are leading several moves to unify the ranks of civil opposition movements against Sisi.
