Akmal Qortam, chairman of Egypt's Conservative Party and a member of the Free Current Movement, said: 'We need a new president, a new government, and a new parliament.'
The Free Current coalition was formed in June this year, comprised of an array of mostly liberal opposition parties and figures.
One of its leading figures, Hashim Kassem, was detained last week following a public spat with a former government minister.
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A new coalition of Egyptian political parties publicly criticized the country's current government Monday for persecuting politicians, in a rare act of political dissent.