Protesters shut down Egypt tourist sites
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Following the announcement by Prime Minister Essam Sharaf that current secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Abdel Fatah would be offered the full authority of a minister, more than 4,000 archaeologists blocked the entrance to the Council’s offices in Abbassiya, switching off the electricity and preventing the employees from entering. They also expelled the building’s security guards and shut the iron gates.
In Aswan, the situation is much worse. Protesters closed the doors of the Nubian museum and the Abu Simbel temples to prevent an official visit celebrating World Tourism Day from entering.
Protesters refused to move unless their demands were met, and all efforts were made to appoint the 14,000 temporary employees who had been employed for periods of more than eight years.
Abdel Fatah, insists that his resignation is final and he cannot manage the demands of protesters. He argues that he cannot solve any of the problems of the Council’s staff for the time being because of lack of money.
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