Mohamed Ali returns to slam Sisi on COVID-19 — is anyone listening?
Mohamed Ali, an Egyptian construction contractor who last year called for protests against Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, has recently appeared on social media, accusing the government of failing to deal with the coronavirus outbreak.
Egyptian artist Mohamed Ali, who is also a contractor who cooperated with the military, recently made a reappearance after announcing at the beginning of the year stepping away from politics and shutting down his Facebook page.
In video footage posted on YouTube May 24, Ali accused Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s regime of burdening the Egyptian people with the cost of the economic repercussions of the novel coronavirus crisis.
In May, the Egyptian government approved a draft law deducting 1% of the net income of Egyptians’ salaries in all public and private sectors to offset the economic impact of the coronavirus crisis. The measure includes workers whose employment is regulated by special laws or regulations and who receive a fixed salary.
In his video, Ali also lashed out at the Egyptian government for failing to address the coronavirus crisis and not showing transparency in disclosing the real number of infection cases, which aggravated the situation and led to the infection of a large number of citizens and medical staff.
