Egypt President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said on Monday he does not mind being criticised, saying his job is to placate disgruntled youths, a day after a cartoonist was arrested for what critics suggested was a retaliation to caricatures mocking the former army chief. Islam Gawish was released earlier on Monday without being charged, having been exonerated by the prosecution of having ties with a news website which security authorities said was operating without a license. “I’m not upset of Gawish or anyone … No one can speak on my behalf and say that I get upset from criticism,” Sisi said in a phone interview with a private TV station. “If I accept being in such a position, I must bear all the consequences. There is no such thing as all people must agree on something. “Every day, the 90 million people in Egypt find many things which make them uncomfortable like the case of Gawish … Such things happen, and this is natural in a country which was in a revolutionary state for four years.” Sisi said he phoned the television show to speak about the saga of the Ultras, hardcore football fans who chanted against Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, Sisi’s predecessor as an army chief, while commemorating the fourth anniversary of the 2012 Port Said disaster on Monday. “I call on the Ultras to select 10 of their members whom they trust to be part of a committee to look into all the details concerning this case and determine what more can be done,” Sisi said. “It’s us who are not able to properly communicate with them [angry youths]. We are the ones who are unable to find common ground. I’m exerting lots of efforts in this matter and I’m aware that I will need time,” he added. “Finding the balance between security measures and human rights is a sensitive and delicate issue which needs lots of efforts.” (ahramonline)