Egypt: A List of Demands from Tahrir Square  · Global Voices
Amira Al Hussaini

This post is part of our special coverage of Egypt Protests 2011.
Protesting to the beat of a drum on Tahrir Square, Cairo. Photo by Adham Khorshed © Copyright Demotix (09/02/2011)
A list of demands from the protesters at Tahrir Square is being circulated online today, the 17th day of massive demonstrations across Egypt calling for the overthrow of the Mubarak regime. The first item calls for the resignation of president Hosni Mubarak.
Wael Khalil lists those demands on his blog (Ar) and says:
The immediate demands are:
Wael Khalil also lists demands for the transitional period as follows:
Reactions to demands, on the blog, have so far been limited.
A protester in Tahrir Square, Cairo holds up a sign listing crimes of the Egyptian government against the people. By Adham Khorshed © Copyright Demotix  (09/02/2011)
Anonymous wrote:
أولاً جهاز مباحث أمن الدولة لا يمكن حله ، لإنه المسئول عن الكثير من الملفات الحساسة . يكفى إلغاء قانون الطوارئ لكف يده عن أصحاب الرأى . مش لازم تخليص الثأر على حساب مصلحة البلد
ثانيًا : أنس الفقى بيعمل شغله زى ما هو شايف إنه يخدم البلد ، مش معنى إن أى حد ضد الثورة يكون بالتبعية ضد البلد . و الكلام مش على وزير الإعلام كشخص و لكن على كل اللى له موقف مخالف
ثالثًا : حكم الحد الأدنى للأجور ده غبى و مضر بالموظف المصرى لإن أصحاب الأعمال بدل ما يشغل 2 و يدى الواحد 600 هايجيب واحد بس يشغله شغل 3 أشخاص بال1200 .
الأجور زيها زى الأسعار يجب أن تتحدد بالعرض و الطلب فى سوق حرة أى تدخل بقرارات بيأثر على السوق و يخلق مشاكل
رابعًا : إطلاق الحق فى إصدار الصحف و بث القنوات غير منطقى ، ممكن المطلب يكون إعادة تقييم الشروط لكن كل من هب و دب يعمل جريدة و لا مجلة و لا قناة . كفاية البلاوى اللى على المدونات ، يا ريت قليل من الإحترام للكلمة المطبوعة و الأهم من مين هايمسك ميكروفون و يغسل دماغ الناس بإيه
خامسًا : إلغاء الخدمة الوطنية فى الشرطة و نستورد عساكر من الكنغو يعنى ؟؟
Secondly, Anas El Fiqi is conducting his job, as he sees fit to serve the country. This doesn't mean that anyone who is against the revolution is necessarily against the country. And this applies not only to the Minister of Information in person, but to all those who have a different opinion
Thirdly, demanding a minimum wage is stupid and will have a counter effect on Egyptian workers because employers will employ one person for 1,200 EP and make him do the work of three people, instead of employing two for 600 EP each. Wages, like prices, should be left to supply and demand. In a free market, interfering in such things effects the market and creates problems.
Fourthly, opening the right to open newspapers and channels is not logical. You could ask for reassessing the requirements. But you cannot have everyone open whatever they want. We are having enough from the problems on blogs. I really wish there was more respect for the written word and what is more important is that who will be holding the microphone and what will they be brainwashing the people with
Fifth, if we cancel the national service in the police force, where will be get policemen from? The Congo, for instance?
Hany Masry  responded:
And Osiris added:
I'm sorry, but these demands are going to be used against you to show that you guys are not serious. And this is coming from a guy who's 1,000,000% on your side.
First of all, let's realize that although hugely corrupt the government is smart and was able to win over some people, so when we draft our demands we need to keep in mind the misinformation the government has been using against us and show the open minded that they're wrong.
1- If we want Mubarak to resign we have to work within the confines of the constitution that we currently have now and have Fathy Suroor be president (worse than Mubarak). So instead we should say: Mubarak must “temporarily” leave office “for health reasons”.
3- Some people might read that as either dismantling the police force, and others will say “so that El-Ekhwan and AlQaeda can attack us.” So we need to clarify that
5- I am no legal scholar, but legally speaking if this happens who is authorized to rewrite the constitution? Again, we need some grown-up demands here. Something that can actually be met and work in our advantage and not against us.
8- Wow, I didn't even know such a force existed. Talk about a police state.
Now for the transitional period demands:
1- Again, how do we go about doing that? Does the VP have the authority to just write a new constitution? Who do we want to come up with the new constitution? Again, let's get real and practical. Who should choose the ppl to rewrite the constitution?
3- I don't know if I understand this right (r u asking to set the minimum rent amount to 1200?) but what does this have to do with democracy?
Other reactions to the post include a suggestion to start collecting signatures from the square for the demands, and investigating the wealth of corrupt public servants, and demanding the return of their wealth.
The list of demands are signed by Bloggers from Egypt.
This post is part of our special coverage of Egypt Protests 2011.