Young Egyptians currently staging a sit-in in Tahrir Square have rejected the honorary medallions that the military council said it would bestow on martyrs’ families. “This is not the Olympic Games,” they said.
Protesters continued arriving to the square on Sunday, where there are now more than 25 tents erected for the sit-in.
The General Revolutionary Union, which comprises seven revolutionary coalitions, said it would not take part in the 25 January anniversary celebration on the grounds that not all of the revolution’s demands have been met.
Other political parties have announced their participation. “We must celebrate what has been accomplished, mainly the end of Mubarak’s rule,” said Wafd Party undersecretary Hossam al-Kholy.
Political forces participating in a conference titled “The People Continue the Revolution” on Saturday issued what they called the Tahrir Document, which they consider mandatory for inclusion in the new constitution.
The document contains 14 principles. It includes statements that all Egyptians are free with equal rights and duties, that Egypt is a civil and democratic state in which political power derives from the people, and that all Egyptians have a right to education.
Translated from Al-Masry Al-Youm
