A large protest took place in Egypt’s Tarhir Square Friday, where people marched in support of a new law that bans the ousted Mubarak-era figures from running for office.

A large protest took place in Egypt's Tarhir Square Friday, where people marched in support of a new law that bans the ousted Mubarak-era figures from running for office.

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafist groups have called for the mass rally in Cairo’s Liberation (Tahrir) Square on Friday under the title of “protection of the revolution.”

The country’s parliament on Thursday, however, ratified a bill that prohibits members of Mubarak’s regime from standing for public office.

The law, after being approved, will disqualify members of the former regime, including ex-intelligence chief Omar Suleiman and former prime minister, Ahmed Shafiq, from running in the upcoming presidential elections.

Omar Suleiman, who served as the head of Egypt's General Intelligence Department for 18 years, registered as one of the presidential hopefuls last week.

Many consider Suleiman a favorite of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), which has ruled Egypt since Mubarak's ouster in February 11, 2011.

The Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate Khairat al-Shater has said that Sleiman’s presidential bid could spark a second revolution in the country.

"I consider his entry an insult to the revolution and the Egyptian people," al-Shater said on Sunday, hours after Sleiman filed his candidacy.

Egyptians will go to the polls late next month to elect the new president. It will be the country's first such race since the collapse of the former Mubarak regime.