Eliminated presidential candidates Abdel Moneim Aboul-Fotouh, Khaled Ali and Hamdeen Sabbahi will each lead a march to Tahrir Square as part of the nationwide protests scheduled for Tuesday.
The demonstrations were called for by revolutionary groups to protest against the verdict in the trial of former president Hosni Mubarak and his senior associates as well as the candidacy of Ahmed Shafiq, Mubarak’s last premier, in the presidential election runoff.
Leftist candidate Ali will lead the first march from the Fatah Mosque in the Ramses district in central Cairo and will head to the High Court to demand the resignation of the prosecutor-general and reform of the judiciary branch. Ali's march plan to protest in front of the High Court for an hour before heading off to Tahrir Square.
The second Cairo march will be led by Nasserist Sabbahi and will head off from the Mustafa Mahmoud Square in the Mohandessin district of Cairo to Tahrir Square.
Islamist Aboul-Fotouh will head from from Istikama Mosque in Giza Square and march to Tahrir Square.
All three marches will begin simultaneously at 5pm.
Other marches are also expected to take place in Cairo at 5pm, from Hegaz Square in Heliopolis, Rabaa El-Adaweya Mosque in Nasr City (both in northeast Cairo) and another from Shubra Square, near the centre. The football fans, Ultras White Knights, have also announced that they will begin a march from in front of the Ahly Club to Tahrir Square.
In Alexandria, a march will begin from the El-Kaed Ibrahim Mosque to the military zone. In the Upper Egyptian governorate of Qena, a march will begin from the El-Saa Square. Marches will begin from the Nour Mosque in Mansoura, El-Abbasy Mosque in the pivotal Suez city of Port Said and from the governorate’s headquarters in Zagazig.
Meanwhile, the Muslim Brotherhood's official twitter account admin @IkhwanWeb confirmed to Ahram Online that Mohamed Mursi, the candidate for the presidential elections set for 16/17 June, will attend Tuesday's mass protest at Tahrir square.
Protests broke out immediately after the pronouncement of the verdict against Hosni Mubarak, his former interior minister Habib El-Adly, six aides and Mubarak's sons, Gamal and Alaa Mubarak.
Hosni Mubarak and El-Adly were each given one life sentence each in jail – many protesters decry that the two got off too easy – while all other defendants were found not guilty of their alleged crimes.
