In the Mubarak era, it was known as Police Day and celebrated by marches and demonstrations on the part of the Ministry of Interior's finest: its highlight in Cairo was a speedboat procession on the Nile.
IntheMubarakera this resulted in an intergenerational compromise on the Guidance Council, which over time slowly tilted toward the priorities of the middle generation.
In January, two Islamist parties -- the Freedom and Justice Party with 235 seats and the conservative Al Nour party with 121 seats -- won about 70% of the seats inthe lower house of parliament inthe first elections for an elected governing body inthe post-Mubarak era.