"One reason cited by disaffected Tamarud members for breaking away is what they said were ties between the group’s founders and state security agents who influenced and guided them.
“At the beginning we had no doubts about them, but later after checking their background and gathering more information we realized they were state security recruits who had received special training,” said Tamarud 2 member Ahmed Hassan.
Police and state security officials told Reuters last year that the Interior Ministry had supported Tamarud’s campaign.
Tamarud leaders have denied police had infiltrated the group, but some members have privately admitted that some of its founders had been planted by state security.
Tamarud 2 also accused Tamarud of lying about the number of anti-Mursi signatures the group said it had gathered last year. Tamarud 2 said only 8.5 million were secured, not the 22 million claimed just before mass protests against Mursi began in June." (thanks Regan)
“At the beginning we had no doubts about them, but later after checking their background and gathering more information we realized they were state security recruits who had received special training,” said Tamarud 2 member Ahmed Hassan.
Police and state security officials told Reuters last year that the Interior Ministry had supported Tamarud’s campaign.
Tamarud leaders have denied police had infiltrated the group, but some members have privately admitted that some of its founders had been planted by state security.
Tamarud 2 also accused Tamarud of lying about the number of anti-Mursi signatures the group said it had gathered last year. Tamarud 2 said only 8.5 million were secured, not the 22 million claimed just before mass protests against Mursi began in June." (thanks Regan)