Several political figures, including Hamdeen Sabahy, could face criminal charges after Prosecutor General Tala’at Abdullah ordered an investigation into a complaint accusing them of attempting to overturn the ruling regime.
Other than the Popular Current leader and third-placed presidential candidate, the complaint lists Supreme Constitutional Court Deputy Chairman Tahany Al-Gebali, Judges’ Club Chairman Ahmed El-Zend and former Prosecutor General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud.
Lawyer Mortada Mansour, journalist and former independent Member of Parliament Mostafa Bekry, Shawqi El-Sayed, former prime minister and presidential candidate and Ahmed Shafiq’s lawyer are on the list as well.
Abdullah ordered the North Giza attorney general to open investigation into the complaint filed by lawyer Hamed Sadiq that accuses the listed figures of plotting to topple the ruling regime, creating chaos, sabotaging the country, threatening citizens and destroying public and private property.
Sadiq had filed a similar case previously against Sabahy, El-Zend, Constitution Party Chairman Mohamed ElBaradei, Wafd Party Chairman El-Sayed El-Badawi and former Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa, accusing them of attempting to overturn the regime and espionage.
The prosecutor general referred the case to a state security prosecution office.
Sadiq had filed a previous lawsuit claiming that former President Hosni Mubarak was dead and that the person in prison right now is a body double.
