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Supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi on Thursday staged limited rallies in several provinces to protest a presidential bid by former army chief Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, eyewitnesses said.
The protests fall on a national holiday commemorating the April 25 withdrawal of Israeli forces from Egypt's Sinai Peninsula in 1982 under the mandate of the Camp David accords.
In Egypt's northern Damietta province, three people were injured in scuffles between protesters and local residents after the former shouted anti-Sisi and anti-police slogans, eyewitnesses said.
Two protesters were arrested as security forces dispersed their demonstrations, according to eyewitnesses.
Pro-democracy activists also organized anti-Sisi rallies and human chains in the coastal city of Alexandria and in the Nile Delta provinces of Daqahliya, Beheira and Kafr al-Sheikh.
Al-Sisi, who led the army's ouster of democratically elected Morsi last July, is now running for president against leftist candidate Hamdeen Sabahi – al-Sisi's sole competitor – in elections slated for May 26-27.
Egypt has been dogged by instability since last July, when the army unseated Morsi – the country's first freely elected leader – on the back of massive protests against his presidency.
Ever since, defiant opponents of Morsi's ouster have continued to stage rallies on an almost daily basis.
The upcoming presidential polls will mark the second phase of an army-imposed transitional roadmap that should be completed later this year with the holding of parliamentary polls.
By Islam Mosaad
englishnews@aa.com.tr - Kahire
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