Local reaction to situation in Cairo
Posted Jan 31, 2011 06:35:17 PM.
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Local Egyptians are watching and waiting as protesters plan more anti-government demonstrations in Cairo.
Gihan Sabri says the situation in Egypt isn’t as critical as it appears and that a revolution is not underway.
Sabri points out that so far, the protests have involved 50,000 people out of 80 million living in the country.
But Abdullah Lawendy from Waterloo refers to the protests as a revolt.
He says the Egyptian people have been treated unjustly for 30 years, and this is an uproar against injustice.
Sabri says they are worried that even if President Hosni Mubarak steps down, his replacement may not represent the freedom and democracy that these protests are fighting for.
