Legitimacy Alliance calls for Tuesday protests

The National Alliance to Support Legitimacy called on supporters to protest this Tuesday under the banner “the coup is terrorism."

In a statement issued Monday, the alliance claimed that “some free Egyptians in Europe are documenting the crimes of the July 3 coup leaders in order to present them to the International Criminal Court.”

Since former President Mohamed Morsi was forced out of office by the Armed Forces on July 3, supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood have been protesting to demand his reinstatement.

Hundreds of Brotherhood members have been arrested in the aftermath of the August 14 dispersal of two sit-ins held by Morsi supporters in Cairo, which left hundreds dead and thousands injured.

The statement said press conferences would be held during Tuesday’s protests “exposing the crimes of the coup and revealing their faults.”

“On the occasion of two months passing since the bloody military coup … the coalition calls on all the great Egyptian people to continue to participate daily, peacefully with strength, in all activities calling for the return of legitimacy and rejecting the coup,” the alliance continued.

On Sunday, the Muslim Brotherhood put out a statement on Ikhwanonline saying that “Egyptians will not rest” and would continue “to fill streets and squares on a daily basis” until their demands were met.

Scattered protests and clashes took place on Friday after the alliance called on supporters to take to the streets to reject what they called the military coup.

Six people died during Friday’s clashes, all reportedly belonging to the Ahrar (Free) Movement that opposes the Brotherhood, the military and the remnants of the Hosni Mubarak regime.

In its statement, the alliance sent its “sincere condolences to the Ahrar Movement for their martyrs killed during Friday's protests.”

It also encouraged supporters to broaden the scale of civil disobedience by “breaking the curfew,” saying daily activities defying the curfew forced the authorities to “roll back the curfew hours after seeing the unwavering persistence of the Egyptian people.”

This past Saturday, the Cabinet eased the month-long curfew to start at 11 pm and end at 6 am, after decreasing it from 7 pm to 9 pm a few days earlier. The government, however, attributes the move to increased stability on the streets due to the MB’s diminished ability to mobilize a large number of protesters.