Cairo, August 01: The head of the Cairo Criminal Court has promised a speedy trial of the former Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak and members of his family.
Judge Ahmed Refaat says Mubarak’s trial would be aired live on Egyptian television to “reassure people of the [credibility of the] process.”
“The trial would be held daily until its conclusion,” the judge said in a statement.
Meanwhile, Egyptian authorities have decided to move the trial of the former president to a military academy on the outskirts of Cairo.
Sources say the decision has been taken for security reasons. The trial is scheduled for August 3rd.
Mubarak is being tried along with his sons Alaa and Gamal, former interior minister Habib al-Adly and six of his deputies.
They are all accused of corruption and killing anti-regime protesters during the revolution that toppled Mubarak early in 2011.
Mubarak, who was ousted by a popular revolution back in February has been under arrest at a hospital in the Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh. He is reportedly receiving treatment for a heart condition.
His transfer to Cairo has been a key demand of people still protesting at the landmark Liberation Square.
The Mubarak family is facing allegations of corruption as well as the use of violence against protesters.
The commission investigating the violence against the protesters says more than 800 demonstrators were killed.
Egypt’s judicial officials say the former dictator could be executed if found guilty of ordering to shoot anti-government protesters.
——-Agencies