More than 2000 farmers demonstrated in front of Kafr al-Sheikh’s city council Thursday in objection to the governor’s ban on carts in the city.
The farmers said the decision threatens their livelihoods by preventing them from transporting crops from farmlands to the city .
Protestors called on the Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Amin Abaza to intervene and protect their interests. They said they would continue demonstrating until their demands were fulfilled.
Magdi al-Charaki, president of the General Assembly of Agrarian Reform, called for a review of the decision ostensibly aimed to protect farmers, pointing to the assembly's willingness to register carts.
In a statement to Al-Masry Al-Youm, he said Kafr al-Sheikh’s agriculture organizations could determine routes and confiscate the carts that do not abide by the rules.
