Egypt orders probe in vote violations, prosecutor gen quits
19 Dec 2012 8:42 AM IST
As Egypt braced for opposition-backed protests against alleged vote rigging in the first stage of a referendum on a controversial Islamist constitution, the government on Tuesday ordered a judicial probe into the voting violations.
Justice Ministry said it would appoint judges to probe allegations of voting violations, including charges that some polling stations were supervised by court employees and not by judges, during the first leg of the referendum on 15 December.
Also, the country's embattled prosecutor general Talaat Ibrahim Abdallah quit on Monday, just weeks after being appointed by President Mohamed Mursi.
Abdallah submitted his resignation to the head of the Supreme Judicial Council after growing demands from hundreds of public prosecutors asking him to quit.
The Council will examine Abdallah's resignation next Sunday, a day after a final round of voting in the referendum on Egypt's draft constitution. The first round of voting on the Islamist draft constitution took place on Saturday. The prosecutor general was appointed by the president by virtue of a controversial constitutional decree that was issued on 22 November. Though the declaration was later cancelled the prosecutor general remained in his post. He is known to be closely linked with the Muslim brotherhood.
Justice Ministry said it would appoint judges to probe allegations of voting violations, including charges that some polling stations were supervised by court employees and not by judges, during the first leg of the referendum on 15 December.
Also, the country's embattled prosecutor general Talaat Ibrahim Abdallah quit on Monday, just weeks after being appointed by President Mohamed Mursi.
Abdallah submitted his resignation to the head of the Supreme Judicial Council after growing demands from hundreds of public prosecutors asking him to quit.
The Council will examine Abdallah's resignation next Sunday, a day after a final round of voting in the referendum on Egypt's draft constitution. The first round of voting on the Islamist draft constitution took place on Saturday. The prosecutor general was appointed by the president by virtue of a controversial constitutional decree that was issued on 22 November. Though the declaration was later cancelled the prosecutor general remained in his post. He is known to be closely linked with the Muslim brotherhood.
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