‘Mubarak verdict shows US sway’

“In the recent trial of Mubarak, it was proven that the revolution of the Egyptian people still has not ended,” Brigadier General Yahya Rahim-Safavi, senior military adviser to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, said Monday.

In a final court hearing in Cairo on June 2, Mubarak and the former Interior Minister Habib al-Adli were sentenced to life imprisonment for the killing of around 900 protesters during the country’s popular uprising in February 2011.

Mubarak also faced separate charges of corruption along with his sons Alaa and Gamal. But the charges were dropped.

The court also dropped charges against six other security officials, who were brought to trial for the killing of protesters.

The verdict sparked fierce clashes between the families of the victims and security officials inside the court while angry spectators called the court illegitimate and demanded that Mubarak be executed.

Rahim-Safavi said the Egyptian people will show their “final decision” in the upcoming presidential run-off election, “where they will choose the path which passes through the heart of Islam and the vision of the Muslim people of Egypt; a people who are against Zionists and the occupier regime of Israel.”

The Egyptian run-off is scheduled for June 16 and 17 where Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood (MB) presidential hopeful Mohamed Morsi will face Ahmed Shafiq, the last prime minister in the Mubarak regime.

Morsi won more than 24 percent of the ballots in the two-day-long first round, and Shafiq came second with more than 23 percent.

HMV/HGH/AZ

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