Trial adjourned to Monday to hear other defendants’ cases Cairo Criminal Court, headed by judge Ahmed Refaat, adjourned the trial of Egypt’s ousted president Mohammed Hosni Mubarak, his sons Alaa and Gamal, former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly, and six of his former assistants to Monday to hear other defendants’ cases.
On Sunday session, the head defense lawyer in the trial, Farid El Deeb asserted that Mubarak is still the president of Egypt because he never signed a letter of resignation.
He explained that the document was signed by then-vice-president Omar Suleiman, who Mubarak appointed in response to the uprisings.
"He gave up the presidency orally to former vice-president Omar Suleiman without signing any official document, which is not legal by the constitution," El Deeb said.
El Deeb added that, accordingly, the criminal court trialing Mubarak does not have the authority to do so, and that his case must be heard within a special tribunal court.
According to law, he said, the president should stand trial in a court composed of six members of parliament and six of the eldest chancellors of appeal and cessation courts.
Last week, El Deeb called for Mubarak to be tried in a military court, saying military law dictates that he is still the head of the Egyptian air force.
Meanwhile, Mubarak’s supporters outside the Police Academy, where the trial is being held, said that they will gather outside the court till the end of trial, stressing that they do not support the former Interior Minister or his assistants.