Commemoration of the revolution or the police feast .. January 25 stir Sisi’s confusion and spark controversy among Egyptians

As the ninth anniversary of the January 25, 2011 revolution approaches, social networking sites in Egypt have flared between supporters and opponents of the revolution, with supporters celebrating the ninth anniversary, while opponents say that January 25 is Egyptian Police Day, at a time when President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has attempted to please Both sides congratulate the police and praise the goals of the revolution.

The controversy between the two parties was further heated by repeated calls to demonstrate on the anniversary of the revolution, and President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi’s request to leave, the most prominent of which was the call of the actor and contractor Mohamed Ali, who demanded the Egyptian army to intervene and isolate Sisi.

Supporters of the revolution inaugurated several symbols that dominated the communication sites, the most prominent of which was (# Nazlin_ Day 25), and a tag (# 25 January), where they shared calls to demonstrate against Sisi, and they also shared pictures and videos of the revolution's events, stressing that demonstrating is the only way to force Sisi to step down and save Egypt from what they described as political and economic deterioration.

On the other side, the opponents of the January Revolution launched a poison called (# Police Day), and published photos and tweets in support of the Egyptian police, criticizing the January Revolution and its participants, as a reason for what they described as an attempt to sabotage and destroy Egypt.

The January 25 revolution coincides with the Egyptian Police Day, the day activists chose in 2011 to stage demonstrations denouncing the policy of torture and security repression, calls that subsequently turned to toppling the entire system, which was accomplished by the departure of former President Hosni Mubarak on February 11 from The same year.

On January 25 of each year, the Egyptian police celebrate its annual anniversary, which is a memorial to the Ismaili site in 1952, which killed fifty martyrs and eighty wounded Egyptian policemen while confronting forces from the British occupation army, which demanded that they hand over their weapons and evacuate the governorate building.

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In his speech on the occasion of the celebration of the Police Day on Thursday, Sisi said that the Egyptian Police Day is not only a day reserved for its men, but rather a holiday for all Egyptians.

He added that the Police Day is an opportunity to restore memories and contemplate authentic and noble meanings and values ​​at the heart of Egyptian society, foremost of which is loyalty and absolute belonging to Egypt, land and people, following "these values ​​that have been exposed during the past years to desperate attempts by the people of evil and those who help them, to jump on them and the Nile Among its constants are ambition to implement their malicious plans and goals in eliminating the foundations and principles of the national state. "

In turn, Interior Minister Major General Mohamed Tawfiq said that the police forces "are keen on confronting decisively plots and intrigues, and abort the endless attempts to sow discord and spread rumors, those attempts that aim to destabilize this country and have external support behind it. Criminal recruitment of corrupt elements within the country. "

For their part, social media pioneers opposed to the January revolution circulated tweets critical of the revolution and its participants, as well as pictures of victims of armed confrontations from the police forces.

For their part, supporters of the revolution called for a rally in its ninth anniversary, and they called for Sisi to leave, and some of them shared pictures of the most prominent events of the Egyptian revolution, while some spoke about the conditions for completing their goals.