Egypt Judiciary endorses reinstatement of sacked prosecutor Abdel Meguid
Iran Press TV
Wed Jul 3, 2013 3:1PM GMT
The Egyptian Judiciary has approved the reinstatement of former Prosecutor General Abdel Meguid Mahmud who was sacked by President Mohamed Morsi.
On Wednesday, the Egyptian Supreme Judiciary Council approved the return of Mubarak-era prosecutor general in accordance with an order issued by the Court of Cassation a day earlier.
Talaat Abdullah, the current prosecutor appointed by Morsi, said in a statement that he “respects all judicial decisions.”
The political showdown in Egypt has neared its climax as military deadline for President Morsi to resolve the North African country’s political crisis is expiring.
Supporters and opponents of President Morsi staged rival rallies across the capital, Cairo, on Wednesday evening as the Army’s 48-hour deadline for the president to yield to the demands of the demonstrators or face military intervention approached.
Several political groups say the government is dominated by Muslim Brotherhood. The opposition also accuses Morsi of deviating from the 2011 revolution that toppled the Western-backed regime of Hosni Mubarak.
Morsi’s supporters, however, say the president is cleansing Egyptian institutions of corruption. They also believe he needs time to put into practice the principles of the 2011 revolution.
Egypt has witnessed continuing anti-government protests since Morsi took office in June 2012 in a landmark election held following the ouster of Mubarak.
Several Egyptian clerics and some religious circles have warned against a civil war and called on both sides to be calm.
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