April 6 founding member resigns
Founding member of the April 6 Youth Movement Engy Hamdy resigned from the leftist activist group on Thursday.
On her personal account on Twitter, she wrote, “I, Engy Hamdy, declare my resignation from the April 6 Youth Movement as it does not represent my views anymore, especially in the current phase the country is going through.”
Hamdy told Mada Masr that her main concern now is the constitution, which must “include several articles aiming at reaching the goals of the revolution,” she said. Hamdy added that she is currently contemplating affiliations with other political bodies, and would soon give a statement concerning that matter.
The activist told the privately owned newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm that she hopes the April 6 Movement regains its status as the conscience of the society.
Hamdy helped to start the political movement in 2008, and since then held several different managerial posts, including official spokesperson and member of the political bureau.
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