The Administrative Prosecutors’ conference entitled “The Administrative Prosecution View of the Judicial System in the New Constitution”, which was held [April 6] in Alexandria, witnessed a second instance of veiling of statues on the podium.
The statues were veiled by a representative of the Salafi El-Nour party, who participated in the conference—an act which brought to mind the recent incident of veiling Hellenic statues during the Salafi El-Nour party election caucus in the past parliament elections.
The Salafi members of El-Nour party are heavily represented inside the constitution constituent assembly tasked with drafting Egypt’s new constitution. Hence, their presence on the podium gives leverage to Administrative Prosecutors seeking parliamentary representation to achieve independence for their legal body.
The Vice President of Administrative Prosecution, Councilor Mahmoud Beyram El-Tonsi, censured the move and demanded an explanation for veiling the two statues. However, the conference was concluded and no comment was received from participating members of El-Nour party.
The two statues were covered during the speech of MP Hassan Amr who is a member of El-Nour party Shura Council. The MP delivered his speech in the same manner he delivers a Friday prayer sermon in a mosque.
Many members of parliament and of Shura Council attended the conference, including liberal MP and presidential candidate Abu Elezz Elhariri, El-Wafd MP Hosni Hafez, Freedom and Justice (Muslim Brotherhood) MP Mostafa Mohamed, independent MP Hosni Dweidar along with members of the Salafi El-Nour party.
The editor in chief of Al-Shorouk newspaper, Wael Kandeel, and a large crowd of lawyers and law experts participated in the conference to get to know the demands of the Administrative Prosecution represented by Councilor Abdalla Kandeel, head of Administrative Prosecution, and his deputy Councilor Saad El-Nozahi.
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Source: Shorouk News, April 7, 2012 – translated by CS.