Accused of homicide and illegal enrichment, the former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak (83), currently in “detention” in a hospital in Charm El-Cheikh, will be tried this summer. His trial, during which he will have to answer accusations of homicides with premeditation within the framework of the repression of the protest movement which led to his resignation on February 11, as well as abuse of power and embezzlement, must start on August 3 in Cairo.
According to AFP, Hosni Mubarak, as well as his sons Alaa and Gamal, and the businessman Hussein Salem, must be tried by the criminal court in the north of Cairo, which will be chaired by Ahmed Rifaat.
The ancient Egyptian raïs is even liable to the death penalty for the acts alleged against him.
This is a first in the Arab world while the ex-Tunisian president Ben Ali, preferred him to run to Saudi Arabia.
Almost four months after his dismissal, Mubarak, must now prepare to face the justice of his country and justify himself for his chaotic management of the January 25 revolution as well as the murders of the Egyptian 846 killed during the revolt.
On May 28, he had already received a first conviction, with two other former Egyptian officials, telling him to pay a fine of 540 million Egyptian pounds (90 million dollars) for having suspended the Internet and the mobile telephone network during the demonstrations.
A real return of the crank when we see that last week, the independent Egyptian daily al-Chorouk said that Hosni Mubarak was preparing a letter in which he was going to apologize to the Egyptians and put his assets to the State in the hope of obtaining an amnesty. But the army, which has run the country since the resignation of Mubarak, has denied having the amnestier.
