Egypt's interior ministry said Wednesday (March 1st) it is working on "refining its police corps to remove an incompetent minority that defames the police force", Egypt's Ahram Online reported.
This will be done through a framework of transparent measures and the imposition of the rule of law, interior minister Magdy Abdel-Ghaffar said.
Speaking at a meeting with high-ranking police officers, the interior minister highlighted the importance of developing and updating the services police provide to the public and carrying out all procedures that aim to ease the delivery of services, taking the public’s needs into account.
The ministry has faced criticism after a series of accusations of police abuses. Several policemen have been referred to and sentenced by criminal courts for assaults and killings, which the interior ministry says are isolated cases.
Last year, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi pledged to hold policemen guilty of violations to account, after a series of deaths in police custody sparked public outcry.
