The Egyptian lawyer “Ashraf Farahat” filed a lawsuit against the artist Ahmed Saad on charges of sedition, spreading lies and incitement through his song entitled "Impose a Tax."
The social networking sites have heavily shared this song following the government's decision to cancel the subsidies and raise the fuel prices to 60 percent.
Commenting on the decision to file a lawsuit against him, the artist Ahmed Saad said: "When I published the video, my goal was to express my opinion in raising the price of gasoline, I did not accuse anyone at all and I did not send my message to a specific person, adding," I have no improper purposes, I have the right to say my opinion freely as a citizen just like the other citizens and to interact with events. "
He continued saying: "I was surprised by a complaint against me and the Attorney General accusing me of sedition and “chaos".
The Egyptian dancer, "Fifi Abdo," who is very close to the authority announced her support for the decision to raise the price of fuel claiming that "the poor do not ride cars.”
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