Cairo protesters urge prosecutor general to quit, clashes in northern Egypt
Hundreds of Egyptian protesters rallied in Cairo demanding the ouster of the nation’s embattled prosecutor general. (Al Arabiya)
The protesters, clapping and beating drums, sealed off the office of Prosecutor General Talaat Abdullah with locks and chains, and displayed a sign that read: “Leave. Enough.”
The demonstrators were also angered by arrest warrants Abdullah issued this week against five of Egypt’s most prominent activists.
They are accused of using social media to instigate fierce clashes a week earlier near the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood, from which Mursi hails. Nearly 200 people were injured.
Abdullah issued the warrants a day after the president delivered an angry speech vowing to take action against the opposition.
The Cairo Court of Appeals reinstated former Prosecutor General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud to his post on Wednesday, annulling a decree by Mursi to replace him with Abdullah.
Mohammed el-Baradei, head of the opposition National Front for Salvation, on Friday criticized the president for not adhering to the court’s decision to reinstate Mahmoud.
The government “should understand the meaning of the rule of the law,” added Baradei, a former Nobel Laureate.
At least 30 protesters were injured Friday after clashes erupted in two cities in northern Egypt.
Hundreds of unidentified assailants threw stones and fire bombs at protesters rallying against Mursi and the Muslim Brotherhood in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria.
The protesters called for early presidential elections.
Separately, protesters and riot police clashed after demonstrators tried to torch a Muslim Brotherhood office in the Nile Delta city of Zagazig.
The protests are part of a nationwide call to rally against what the opposition claims are unfair actions against it by Mursi.
Labels: Controversy, Egypt, Justice, Muslim Brotherhood
posted by Pieface @ Friday, March 29, 2013
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