Civil servants in Alexandria's local councils announced today that they will participate in the Friday, 8 July demonstration that has been call for by a number of political groups.

The workers who organized a protest today outside the headquarters of the West Alexandria local council on Sunday say that the reasoning behind both this protest and their planned participation on Friday is that "the revolution did not reach the local councils yet and the councils are still occupied by corruption."

Hundreds of local council members who protested in Alexandria against the ministry of local development say the ministry is reassigning those who belonged to the National Democratic Party in key positions. The protestors demanded elections for both the heads of local councils and governors.

Last week a Cairo administrative court ordered the dissolution of local municipal councils that were elected under former president Hosni Mubarak, however the government has not yet complied with the verdict.