Egypt to probe ex-navy chief and aide over secret files

The Egyptian navy has talked about this will open an investigation into Sami Anan, the aged Egyptian chief-of-staff and Hisham Genena, the country’s aged high auditor, who had served as Anan’s presidential campaign manager sooner than its suspension. 

The Supreme Committee of the Armed Forces (SCAF) talked about on Monday that the decision adopted Genena’s remarks on Sunday, all over which he claimed that Anan used to be in possession of « paperwork and evidence » that would possibly perhaps undermine the country and its leadership.

In an interview with HuffPost Arabi, Genena talked about Anan used to be in possession of « secret » paperwork that would possibly perhaps incriminate so a lot of folks in energy who were interested by lethal events that unfolded following the January 25 insurrection.

In keeping with Genena, Anan threatened to leak those paperwork if he were to be legally charged. In some unspecified time in the future of the interview, Genena expressed scenario over Anan’s safety, announcing he feared a doable assassination are trying.

Navy spokesman Tamer Rifai regarded as Genena’s remarks a crime against the reveal and its institutions.

« The protection power will use the entire rights it is assured by the structure to safety [the country’s] nationwide security and abet its honor and dignity, » he talked about, adding that the investigation shall be referred to the associated legislative our bodies who shall be taking correct movement against both defendants.

Anan’s presidential campaign used to be without discover suspended after being arrested on accusations he committed violations that « warrant friendly investigation ».

The sixty nine-year-ancient used to be also accused of incitement against the protection power.

Final month, Genana used to be significantly injured sooner or later of a suspected kidnapping are trying, his attorneys had talked about.

‘Boycotting elections’

One after the other on Monday, an Egyptian attorney submitted an friendly complaint to the public prosecutor, calling for the arrest of Abdul Moneim Aboul Fotouh, a leading opposition resolve and ex-presidential candidate, after the latter regarded on an Al Jazeera tv reward from London.

A aged member of the Muslim Brotherhood and leader of the centrist Internet Egypt Celebration, Aboul Fotouh ran as an self sustaining candidate in the 2012 presidential elections, gaining in relation to a fifth of the vote in the first spherical.

The vote six years in the past marked Egypt’s first aggressive elections following the 2011 revolution, which overthrew aged leader Hosni Mubarak.  

Lawyer Samir Sabry accused Aboul Fotouh of « spreading flawed news » and demeaning Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.

In an interview with Al Jazeera earlier this week, Aboul Fotouh condemned Sisi’s crackdown on opposition and talked about that the upcoming presidential elections were no longer enticing, clear, or « democratic », especially with the absence of precise opposition.

« A boycott of this mockery is an obligation, in our conception, because we type no longer win for Egyptians to take care of discontinuance half in a farce, » he had previously talked about of the March vote.