Members of the 6 April movement and the Egyptian Protesters Defense Front said they planned to file a lawsuit against ruling National Democratic Party MP Nash’at el-Qassas who, at a parliamentary meeting on Saturday, said that police “should shoot protesters rather than disperse them with water hoses.”
“Ruling party MPs ignore the constitution, which guarantees freedom of expression and the right to demonstrate,” said 6 April spokeswoman Asmaa Mahfouz. “It is proof that they stand against calls for political reform.”
Mafouz went on to say the movement also planned to stage demonstrations with independent and opposition MPs before the parliament building in downtown Cairo later this week.
“Let’s see if they will dare to shoot us,” she said, predicting that the regime would step up violence against increasing numbers of protests held to demand constitutional change and democracy.
As to the government viewing 6 April as an “illegal movement,” Mahfouz said: “There’s no such thing as ‘legal’ or ‘illegal’ movements. We will continue to act as a pressure group to push for democracy and social justice.”
Translated from the Arabic Edition.
