The Salafi Nour party apologized Tuesday for statements made by one of its MPs in Parliament in which he accused demonstrators of being "agents and drug addicts."
Nader Bakr, spokesperson for the party, said he is sorry for the comments made by Mohamed Mostafa during Monday's session, which created controversy during Tuesday's session.
Amr Hamzawy, an independent MP, demanded Tuesday that Parliament take action against Mostafa and said he considered the statements a violation of the law and the constitutional declaration, which stresses freedom of expression, governing the country during the interim period.
People's Assembly speaker Saad al-Katatny rejected Hamzawy's demand, saying that the parliamentary bylaws do not punish members for opinions expressed during sessions.
Bakr said in a statement that Nour Party MPs had previously announced their respect for the revolution and the revolutionaries, confirming that Mostafa's statements are against the ideology of the party.
Mohamed Nour, a leader in the Nour Party, said the Islamists have taken part in the revolution, but there is a difference between the revolutionaries and infiltrators.
Meanwhile, MPs from the Freedom and Justice party dubbed as "political bankruptcy" the sit-in by MPs outside Parliament in protest of demonstrator killings.
Ahmed Abu Baraka, a leader in the FJP party, said that sit-ins are for citizens who think that all doors are closed, and the MP who cannot practice his political and constitutional rights is not worthy of representing the nation and has to quit.
Translated from Al-Masry Al-Youm
