Pro-MB alliance to announce official boycott of referendum

CAIRO: The pro-MB National Alliance to Support Legitimacy will announce on Monday evening their official stance on boycotting the constitutional referendum, scheduled on Jan. 14 and 15

 

Official sources in the alliance revealed that they held a series of meetings during the last period to agree on the procedures associated with the announcement of the boycott

 

The Youth against the Coup movement will also announce its boycott of the referendum in a press conference on Monday

 

Parties of the alliance such as Gamaa Islamiyya, the Salafi Front, Watan Party and Independence Party announced that they will boycott the referendum independently

 

Gamaa Islamiyya’s media director Mohamed Hammad said in statements to Youm7 that his party decided to boycott the referendum, adding it will declare its position formally in conjunction with the announcement of the alliance’s position

 

Meanwhile, the alliance called for protests on Tuesday in a Monday press conference