Former MP Essam Sultan and 16 other lawyers filed a report with the attorney general Sunday accusing former presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq of insulting the judiciary.
The report says that Shafiq made his comments to satellite channels after his name was placed on the Egyptian authorities’ watch list. Those who filed the report are members of the Front for Defending the Judiciary.
Shafiq was placed on the watch list after Sultan accused him of facilitating the illegal allocation of 40,000 square meters of Pilots Association-owned land in the Bitter Lakes region to Alaa and Gamal Mubarak at below-market rates.
According to the report filed Sunday, Shafiq told the channels that the court’s placing of his name on the watch list was “political,” as investigations in the case have not progressed far enough for such a step.
“I was not questioned, and my opinion was not considered,” Shafiq said. He also said “men of the law” had told him the case’s investigations have been forged.
The lawyers’ report says Shafiq’s remarks are a way to terrorize and interfere with the judiciary’s work. It called on the attorney general to take all necessary legal measures against Shafiq.
Shafiq, Mubarak's last prime minister, lost to now-President Mohamed Morsy in the final round of the election last June.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
