President thanks cast of “Al Ekhteyar”, “Aadoun” for highlighting sacrifices of martyrs

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Monday voiced thanks to the cast of “Al Ekhteyar” and “Aadoun” TV series, screened during the fasting month of Ramadan.

Commenting on the two series during a celebration with families of martyrs of police and the Armed Forces, Sisi said the two shows shed light on the heroics of the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the sake of Egypt.

“It is an opportunity on the day of Eidul Fitr to greet you and thank you,” Sisi said.

Commenting on the TV series of “Al Ekhteyar”, President Sisi said “The series tackled facts. Every word in this work is a reality that was necessary to be truly narrated to the coming generations so as children of the martyrs be proud of what their parents had done.”

The events highlighted in the series were much less than the actual efforts exerted and are still being exerted in hard times of Egypt, the president added.

“We were keen that no clashes would occur, we did not assault or exercise tyranny, even when the statement of 2013 was delivered the words of “isolation of the president” or “terrorist group” were never mentioned.” Sisi said.

Addressing the families of the martyrs, Sisi said “Do not ever believe that your sons and husbands have fallen victims in a battle of tyranny”.

He called on Egyptians to preserve their country against the powers of evil.

The president said that the army had received three direct threats from the Brotherhood group.

One such threat was to late Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, who, according to Sisi, had been warned that the group would “set the country ablaze” if Mohamed Morsy did not win the presidential election.

He also pointed to statements by Khairat el Shaater, in which he had referred to a previous attempt to set the HQs of the national security on fire.

Sisi said Shaater had, on a different occasion, threatened him himself that the group would sabotage the country.

The president said that over the past seven years he had only referred to them as the “people of evil” in order to give them a chance to retreat.

Sisi prayed to Allah to guide all Egyptians to what’s good for Egypt.