A
group of young, leading Wafd Party members held a press conference on
Wednesday in front of the shrine of Saad Zaghloul (the party founder) to
demand al-Sayed al-Badawy resign from his position as party head. They
called for a presidential council to manage the party until the election
of a new president.The Wafd protesters said they established a movement
under the title, Wafd Tamarod.
The protesters based their demands on the
inconsistent policies and decisions of the party head and [the party
head] not being committed to the party's principles, which he runs in an
individual way.They also demanded that the Wafd newspaper become an
Egyptian joint stock company so all Egyptians could support it.
They gave
Badawy a deadline until next Tuesday to achieve their demands, or they
would start a sit-in at the party's headquarters the day after on
Wednesday.The press conference participants included Sami Balah, a
member of the supreme body of the party, and Hassan Shaban, assistant to
the party head..Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
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