Spokesman of the Muslim Brotherhood's political arm, Freedom and Justice Party, Murad Ali, said on Sunday that it is time to cleanse the police.

"Those who get their pay from the living wages of the people and yet do not protect them, have no place among us, either they straighten up or they are sacked," Ali said in a statement published on the official page of his Party.

Ali stressed that the strike of police officers is not the reason for the absence of security, saying that security has been absent for two years.

Meanwhile, Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim asked on Sunday the media and political forces to discard the police from political conflicts.

Police officers nationwide started an open-ended strike on Thursday demanding the ouster of the Interior Minister.