2011年4月10日星期日

Solicitors for Egyptians to the Mubarak issue - Wall Street Journal

Cairo - former called Egyptian prosecutors President Hosni Mubarak for an examination and order former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif Sunday, following the protests by demonstrators demanding legal liability for civil servants who died in the country.

The two movements seemed to destroy growing public frustration about the slow pace with which new military leadership of the Egypt continued to officials of the former regime of alleged financial misdeeds.

Action of Attorneys emphasized the persistent power of protests led by young people. Almost two months after what Mr Mubarak gave power to a high military Council, demonstrators have shown that they are still capable of the convening in large numbers, but also delight more political concessions from the military Government.

Mr. Mubarak also chose Sunday to make his first comments to the Egyptian public. In a message recorded Saturday and broadcast Sunday on the pan-Arab satellite station Al Arabiya, the former leader is committed to cooperate with prosecutors. He also denied that he or his family held all banking or "active" accounts abroad.

"I cannot remain silent about the ongoing campaigns of defamation and false accusations to ruin the reputation and the integrity of my family and me", the former President said in the message. "I felt great pain - and still do - because of the unjust campaigns and unfair accusations that my family and I have been exposed."

Some protest leaders said they considered the speech an act of defiance by a Chief who himself had stylized as a father figure to the Egyptian people.

The speeches do little to ensure the demonstrators said the army made a sincere effort to keep the former officials, Shadi Al Ghazali Harb, a leader in the Revolutionary Youth, whose members Coalition led three weeks of protests ousted Mr. Mubarak.

"There is a feeling widespread frustration in the same arrogant manner in which he spoke to us," he said. "Everybody thinks that he has probably had enough time to mobilize his money and his money and assets in recent two months for him certainly nothing will take place on him, especially abroad,", added Mr. Al Ghazali Harb. "It was all under the guise of the army."

The Swiss Government said it froze assets of Mr. Mubarak on 11 February, the day, that he resigned. Office of the Attorney General of the Egypt requested foreign embassies to freeze the assets of Mr. Mubarak abroad ten days later.

In one of the largest gatherings since Mr. Mubarak resigned in February, thousands of demonstrators Tahrir Square in Cairo completed Friday to former officials demand be held responsible for perception of widespread corruption. The military police and security officialsforcefully dispersed the crowd at about 3 a.m. Saturday morning in a clash that killed at least a person, according to the reports of the wire. But on Sunday, demonstrators remained in the square.

The violence marked a low point in relations between the protestors, led by young activists and the armed forces, who ruled the Egypt since Mr. Mubarak resigned on 11 February.

Counsel of the Office of the Attorney General, said that the Attorney General sent a request Sunday morning for the Ministry of the Interior, requesting that Mr. Mubarak and his son, Gamal and Alaa, be called to Cairo for questioning.

It is believed that the former President spent at his home in the resort of Sharm El Sheikh city since he was overthrown from power after 18 days of often violent demonstrations.

The lawyer said it belonged to the Ministry of the Interior to decide when to assign Mr Mubarak. The former President is under investigation on allegations of misappropriation of public funds and for alleged kickbacks on transactions to import weapons. Prosecutors also will examine its involvement in violence against the demonstrators in unrest that led to her eviction, said the lawyer. According to the Ministry of health of the Egypt, some 384 people died during the uprising on the part of police, rogue agents incurred by officials of the regime and the military police.

Counsel for the Office of the Prosecutor, said Mr Nazif, who was arrested Sunday afternoon, will be detained for questioning for 15 days in connection with an agreement to import licence plates marked up a German company rates. M. Nazif has not publicly commented on the allegations.


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