By John Galt
July 8, 2011
As of this moment, approximately 5:34 a.m. Eastern Time, hundreds of thousands of people are approaching Tahrir Square in Cairo once again to protest not just the pace of the reforms promised by the military junta, but to demand that the Mubarak cronies be held accountable for their actions. The lack of accountability and prosecutions for decades of corruption plus an extremely severe economic downturn in Egypt has triggered a demand by the people that the military stop delaying the reforms and immediately begin to implement them along with accelerating the elections which suspiciously benefits the one political party ready for the elections the Muslim Brotherhood.
From the Italian news agency AGI:
THOUSANDS IN TAHRIR SQUARE FOR A NEW FRIDAY OF PROTESTS
(AGI) Cairo -Five months after the toppling of Mubarak, thousands of protesters have once again gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square. Thousands of people are gathering in Tahrir Square, in central Cairo, for another day of protest dubbed the ‘Friday of Punishment and Perseverance ‘. Demonstrators are protesting against delays in reforms and calling for increased transparency in trials against the members of the former regime. One million people are expected to join the protest.
CNBC also has a reporter on the scene along with the BBC so as the prayers let out this afternoon expect some interesting video from the square. In addition the military junta elected to only place a token police force around the square so the odds of confrontation are low unless the protesters elect to engage in violence which at this time seems unlikely as the Brotherhood wants to project a peaceful Islamist image for the Egyptian transition period.
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