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Egypt's new prosecutor-general tenders resignation |
2012-12-18 |
[Al Ahram] Judge Talaat Ibrahim Abdullah has tendered his resignation late Monday as EgyptÂ’s prosecutor-general, succumbing to mounting pressure from judges and prosecutors only weeks after being appointed by President Mohamed Morsi. Hundreds of judges and prosecutors had staged a protest at his office earlier in the day after marching from the Judges' Club building, in protest of President Mohamed Morsi's decision to replace Mubarak-era prosecutor-general Abdel-Meguid Mahmoud with Abdullah. Representatives from the protesters met with Abdullah's deputy Adel El-Said but failed to reach a conclusion. Accordingly, a group of protesters attempted to enter the prosecutor-general's office to demand a meeting, but security forces deployed to his office banned them from doing so. Later in the day, El-Said presennted Abdullah's handwritten resignation to the protesters. Al-AhramÂ’s Arabic news portal reported that Abdullah left his office shortly afterwards escorted by security forces. Protesters chanted in support of the decision. |
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