On Wednesday, April 20, 2011, the January 25 Revolution Youth Coalition and the Revolutionary Youth Union issued statements calling for the election of governors and supporting demonstrations against newly-appointment governors in Asyut, Alexandria, Qena, Kafr al-Shaykh and Daqahlia.

The coalition argued that presenting the Qena protests as a sectarian matter would divide people and distract attention from the fact that its governor ‘Imād Mikhael’s previous office as police major general that causes people's opposition.

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