Leftist Tagammu Party Vice President Samir Fayyad said on Monday that his party is planning to form a coalition with various liberal forces and moderate religious trends.

The party withdrew from the Democratic Coalition earlier this week after the coalition failed to denounce Islamists for chanting religious slogans during the mass protest of 29 July.

“The Sufis are the most moderate religious group,” he said. “And we will have more than 20 liberal parties in the coalition.”