Flax protest prompts fistfight in parliament.

Flax protest prompts fistfight in parliament.

Employees of the Tanta Flax and Oils Company staged protests in front of the Egyptian Parliament building in downtown Cairo on Monday. A parliamentary manpower committee met to discuss the issue, which has had protesters conducting their sit-in for three weeks now

 

Protesters also called on President Hosni Mubarak to intervene personally to resolve the impasse

 

Workers complained that the government sold the public-sector company to a Saudi Arabian investor who subsequently sacked them all without notice

 

Parliament, witnessed a heated debate over the issue, with Muslim Brotherhood opposition MP Yousri Bayoumi and ND MP Ahmed Shobeir trading insults before engaging in a fistfight.