Khaled Salah Questions Interior Minister’s Pledge on June 30 Protests

Khaled Salah has questioned whether the interior minister will honour his public pledge that police will not repeat past abuses in their handling of peaceful demonstrations on June 30.

In his column, “One Word,” Salah highlights the gap between the minister’s assurances and public confidence in the police. He argues that a large section of public opinion does not trust the promise.

Salah attributes that scepticism to the minister’s previous record, saying he had made commitments before and failed to keep them during a series of demonstrations that descended into turmoil.

The column presents the pledge as a test of police conduct toward peaceful protesters. Its central concern is whether the minister’s words will translate into restraint on June 30, rather than a repeat of the failures Salah describes.