Some government workers told reporters they had been ordered to protest . Anti - Mubarak protesters say some protesters are police . For more than a week , opponents of Egypt 's President Hosni Mubarak had the upper hand in Cairo , protesting with near impunity in the face of police and an army that did little to stop them . The government says the voter rolls are fake or stolen . Some demonstrators say Mubarak is like a father to them .
Some government workers told reporters they had been ordered to protest . Anti - Mubarak protesters say some protesters are police . The government says the voter rolls are fake or stolen . Some demonstrators say Mubarak is like a father to them .