22 political parties to stage protests outside Palace

Further marches are to set off outside Ittihadiya Palace Cairo – Akram Ali Six marches are set to converge on the Ittihadiya Palace in Masr el-Gedida Tuesday evening, in a continuation of protests against the referendum on the draft constitution and also to protest against tax hikes on goods and services in the new financial year. Around 22 political parties and movements will take part in the protest as a number of Islamist forces, led by the Muslim Brotherhood, will stage a mass demonstration under the banner of \"Supporting Legitimacy.\" The demonstration, which is set to take place outside the mosques of Rabea al-Adaweya and Al Rashdan in Nasr City, will back President Mohammed Morsi and his decisions.
Political and revolutionary forces held a press conference Monday evening at the headquarters of the Youth for Justice and Freedom movement, in which they announced details for today’s protest demonstrations \"against price hikes and the referendum.\" The demonstration comes as civic forces are escalating their protests against constitutional declaration as well the referendum on the controversial draft constitution.
The marches will set off from al-Matariya Square, outside al-Anwar al-Muhamadeya mosque; Ibn Sandar Sq; the corner of Zaki Hassan and al-Tayaran Sts [Nasr City]; al-Qubba Gardens, outside the Sheikh Kishk mosque on Masr wes-Sudan Street; outside al-Nour mosque at Abbasiya Sq and al-Higaz Square.
All marches will set off at 4:00pm.
Speaking at the press conference, the member of the Popular Current bloc Executive Bureau, Ahmed Kamel said “the battle” had gone beyond the constitutional declaration and the referendum to include rejection of President Mohammed Morsi’s “continuation of the former regime’s policies in seeking autocratic rule.”
The Popular Current official described the President’s cancellation of a decision to raise taxes on a large number of goods and services as “erratic,” criticising “the policies of the Muslim Brotherhood” - to which President Morsi belongs - for being “more right-wing than the dissolved National Party.”
Kamel also slammed the policies for “doing what the National Party itself could not do at the height of its dominion,” namely “affecting the poor citizen and his basic needs.”
Pointing the blame on Muslim Brotherhood and citing video footage published on YouTube, the spokesperson called on Egypt’s new Public Prosecutor, Talaat Ibrahim, to investigate “those implicated in the Ittihadiya events.”
The political forces taking part in the press conference had issued a statement in which it warned Morsi’s “crumbling” legitimacy, adding that “the blood that was shed outside Ittihadiya Palace” had “done away with the remainder of the regime’s legitimacy.”
The statement also said Morsi bore the “political responsibility” for the violence as the country’s president as well as “criminal responsibility” due to his affiliation with the Muslim Brotherhood.
The statement, which confirmed a continuation of the mobilisation against the referendum on the draft constitution called for by Morsi and set for mid-December, was signed by the following parties and movements: the Popular Current bloc, the Constitution Party, the Free Egyptians Party, the Kefaya ovement, the National Society for Change, the Socialist Popular Alliance Party, the Revolutionary Youth Union, the Free Front for Peaceful Change, the Youth for Justice and Freedom Movement, April 6 Youth Movement [the Democratic Front], the Revolutionary Socialist, the Lotus Revolution Movement, the al-Azhar Independence Movement, the Maspero Youth Union, the Dignity Party, the Union of Progressive Youth and the National Front for Justice and Democracy.
Meanwhile, a number of Islamist forces led by the Muslim Brotherhood and its political wing, the Freedom and Justice Party [FJP] will also take part Tuesday in a mass demonstration under the heading of ‘Backing Legitimacy.’ The demonstration, which endorses Mohammed Morsi and his decisions, is split between the mosques of Rabea al-Adaweya and Al Rashdan in Nasr City.
The Salafist al-Nour Party has also announced it will take part in the demonstration “symbolically” as its leaders and members are occupied with a pro-draft constitution campaign aimed at a \"Yes\" vote.
The Salafist Dawah has announced it will not be taking part in the demonstration