On the first anniversary of the protests of 20 September 2019;
The Egyptian actor and army contractor, Mohamed Ali, called on the Egyptians to go out in mass demonstrations to demand the departure of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.
The hashtag "Get down 20 September" appeared on social media in Egypt, where thousands of activists and tweeters participated in calling for the departure of Sisi and his regime.
Some of them shared memories of last year's demonstrations, stressing that the reasons for the anger of Egyptians this year are much greater than the previous year.
Last year, Muhammad Ali confused the Egyptian political arena with a sudden appearance by broadcasting video clips in which he spoke about what he described as the corruption of Sisi, his family and army leaders, and wasting public funds by spending it on their personal interests and building presidential palaces.
These video clips gained wide follow-up among the Egyptians, which prompted the president to respond to them publicly, but added to the matter by saying, "Yes, I build palaces and I will build palaces", justifying this as being for the sake of Egypt, not for his own sake, which in turn angered Egyptian activists who said that If Egypt were really the target, then it needs factories, schools and hospitals, not presidential palaces.
Rare demonstrations took place on September 20 in Tahrir Square and some other areas, calling for the army to isolate Sisi, and this was followed by a widespread campaign of arrests from the streets that affected hundreds of activists, perhaps thousands.
The dissident contractor repeated his call to demonstrate on the last anniversary of the January 25 revolution without a popular response, which prompted him to announce his retirement from political work, but he recently returned to confirm that he will not give up, and he will continue to work to topple Sisi.
The call for the new demonstrations comes after the escalation of popular anger at Sisi, with the continuing economic deterioration and human rights violations, and this was reflected on the communication sites, where the tag "I don't want you" was issued for the seventh day in a row, in response to Sisi's previous statements in which he said that he is ready to leave if the Egyptians request Of it that.
Popular anger also escalated as the authorities continued to demolish thousands of homes, claiming they violated building requirements, and Sisi threatened to use the army to implement demolition orders, as he used the term extermination before he backed down and used the word removal.
This also comes after a lawsuit was filed against former presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq, the last prime minister in the era of late President Hosni Mubarak, in addition to the arrest of businessman Salah Diab, owner of Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper.
These developments were seen by some as the fruits of a struggle within the Egyptian regime, especially with the attack launched by Doaa Khalifa, a political activist close to the security services, against those responsible for managing the political, electoral and media scene, headed by Colonel Ahmed Shaaban, director of Abbas Kamel's office, director of intelligence, and Sisi's close man.
Tweeters noted that some people tried to exploit the popular anger to remove Sisi, or at least to obtain greater gains and wider powers.
After the policy of demolishing houses, the
air is charged on the other ..! # Get off_20_September
- fawzy zyad (@fawzy_zyad) September 6, 2020
There is a consensus to remove Al-Sisi from several circles due to the demolition of houses. # I don’t want you.
- Ahmed (@ Ahmed63023424) September 2, 2020
Al-Sisi's speech today indicates that there are assessments from the Ministry of Interior that continuing with house demolitions is a negative matter that should not be pursued.
Therefore, Al-Sisi spoke of his willingness to send the army to the villages to carry out demolitions, and his message to the security directors that whoever does not see himself in the ability to carry out the removal operations must resign.
- Ahmad Mawlana (@ amawlana84) August 29, 2020
I swear by God Almighty, Haaaaaaaan, and the proximity of the powers of salvation to the children of the forbidden subject of demolishing houses in the end in Upper Egypt and their shape of blood will remain on the knees between the affected and the slaves of the Zionist
- waelsamir (@waelsamir_wael) September 5, 2020
Many communication sites interacted with the call to demonstrate on September 20, stressing that it is an opportunity for Egyptians to get rid of the regime that overflowed the waters of the Nile through the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam agreement, and gave up the islands of Tiran and Sanafir in favor of Saudi Arabia, as well as forfeiting Egypt's rights to gas Eastern Mediterranean.
Others stressed human rights violations, while some spoke of the economic decline and the continuing high prices of basic goods and services.
The expansion of home demolitions had the biggest share in the expectations of some that the call to demonstrate would win a great popular response this time.
As if it is the last nail in Sisi's coffin .. Muhammad Ali calls for a popular revolution on September 20. # Go_20_September # I don’t want you.
- Makamlin Satellite Channel (@mekameleentv) September 5, 2020
May God consider us, and yes, the agent. The picture contains a message from our Lord. If we focus, we will understand it. By God, it is for a war on Islam. From these rulers who are hostile to their religion, go down because of your religion. Come down. Let you be a man. # Get down.
- Abo Hamza🌙🇪🇬 (@ abohamz04262651) September 5, 2020
This time really hard, we will not attribute it to another date, God willing, # Get down_20_september pic.twitter.com/VEsi6E7K7g
- Moataz Sayed Mohamed (@ psgwkl10o13Wd4l) September 5, 2020
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- Hᴀᴢɪᴍ ᴀᴢɪᴍHazem (@ h_z_m_1211) September 5, 2020
We will come back soon, old field # go down_20_september pic.twitter.com/yboroSpkrU
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Mohamed Khayri (@M__KHAYRI) September 5, 2020