For the first time in our Egyptian modern history officially we consider the National Police Day as a National Holiday !!
Oh yes the rumor you and I heard in our offices in the past two weeks is true , the government has issued an official decree to consider the National Police Day on the 25th of January as a National Holiday according to some law.
I will not say that I refuse this holiday like some people are saying on the facebook universe and twitterville not to mention the Egyptian blogsphere due to the popularity of the Egyptian police in the Egyptian society , I will not say no because as the majority of the Egyptian people I love holidays :)
Still I am wondering about the Police itself, are they going to take a holiday with us or what !!!?? I mean we are going to take a day off in their national day while they are going to work !!??
Anyhow back to the Police national day , I believe that it is a true national day ; what happened in January 1952 in Ismailia was a great , more than great and we should celebrate it but before we celebrate it the police should understand very well this day and really celebrate it.
On the 25th of January the Police was truly in the people’s and Egypt’s service choosing our side and fighting our war against the British occupation. That force in that Police state was the ideal force we want to protect us now. The ministry of interior now has turned the police from the service of the public to the service of the regime.
There is no security anymore in the Egyptian street ; the crime rates are increasing in a terrible way. The people now started to implement the law by their own hand through out the country and the examples are many. People now are scared to enter the Police station for God sake.
Already that awful massacre in Naj Hammadi happened because of the lack of security and this is just the top of the ice-berg.
I think this is terrible about your streets and people having to take the law into their own hands. Why would the police want a national holiday if they are not protecting thr citizens? Thank you for coming by and be safe.
ReplyDeleteMrs. Cloud , this day was originally considered a national day during the 1950s when the British left the canal Zone to mark a battle that took place between a Police station force in Ismailia and the British forces in January 1952 in our independence battle.
ReplyDeleteIt is a great day but now the Police are not do not job as they used to be in the last 10 years !! This is why we are angry
That's kinda weird. I've never heard of a police holiday. Oh well, I guess it would be perfect to spend a egypt luxury holidays during that day.
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