Egypt judiciary manipulated politically: Activist
Press TV has interviewed Hazem Salem, an Egyptian activist in Cairo, about a court in Egypt ordering the release of ousted President Hosni Mubarak's two sons who had been sentenced to three years in jail for corruption.
What follows is a rough transcription of the interview.
Press TV: With the release of these two, how will that affect the public sentiment of how Egyptians think towards the judiciary and in the bigger picture towards the government?
Salem: Well in fact this release has not been a shock or surprise to the people who suffered under Mubarak for 30 years or the people who struggled to remove the regime of Mubarak. They expected the current regime to welcome the corrupted ones back, to welcome the National Democratic Party, the corrupted party of Mubarak back and this comes very few days before the beginning of the parliamentary elections as if it is a message that we welcome these people to become the parliamentarians and to become the new government.
This will give the people another indicator that the judiciary is manipulated politically, pro the corrupt ones, pro the ones who have had very negative positions towards everything about the interest of the Egyptian people, towards the Palestinian resistance, towards the Lebanese resistance and all the legacy of Mubarak on that and this is also adding to the frustration of the revolutionaries who have seen the genuine 25th revolution ripped off and stolen and hijacked by the old regime once again.
This is just another step towards alarming and alerting the people that they have to clinch back to the basic rights and basic freedoms and to stand against corruption which is typically represented by the two young Mubaraks.
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