Different protests were staged on Sunday as protesters called on President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to interfere and solve their problems.
Dozens of applicants for jobs affiliated with the Interior Ministry staged a protest outside the Military Production Ministry and Saad Zaghloul Metro Station before they moved to demonstrate in front of the Justice Ministry, and then the Interior Ministry.
The protesters said they had passed tests that qualified them for the jobs, and called on President Sisi and Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim to end their the recruitment procedures even if they would work in Sinai to fight terrorism.
They held up images of Sisi, Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim and Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb. They chanted: "Oh Sisi our president, we want to work. Enough, this is unjust." They also chanted the national anthem.
"We filed compalints more than once to concerned parties to solve our problem and we demonstrated more than once at the Interior Ministry, the Military Production Ministry and the Cabinet, but there was no response," said Mohamed Ali, a protester.
The security forces broke up the protest using water canons and arrested 12 protesters.
Dozens of people with special needs demonstrated Sunday on Hussein Hegazy Street, demanding jobs and apartments.
They complained that they have been demonstrating for long and the government ignores their demands. They threatened to stage a sit-in if they continued to be ignored.
The protesters held banners that read: "We demand our rights in apartments and work," "Where are the rights of disabled," and "Have mercy on us, May God have mercy on you."
General Coordinator of the Association of the Disabled Wageeh Abdel Malak told Al-Masry Al-Youm: "We filed requests to obtain apartments since 2004 but in vain."
Dozens of young researchers staged a protest Sunday inside the National Research Center to demand jobs at the center. They compained that head of the center set conditions that prevented their appointment as assistant researcher.
According to researcher Mahmoud Mostafa, young researchers have been staging protests for a month and have been ignored by the center head Ashraf Shaalan.
The protesters held banners that read: "We are the top ranked students and have no jobs," and "I want my right to have a job like other people."
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
