Egypt's Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab said on Monday that Egypt's Justice Minister Mahfouz Saber handed in his resignation to the Cabinet, one day after Saber made comments that were widely seen classist. On Sunday, Saber said, “sons of garbage collectors should not be judges.” "A judge should come from a social class suited to the job, with all due respect to garbage collectors,” the minister said during a live interview on TV channel Ten, after he was asked if, in his opinion, the "son of a garbage collector" should be appointed as a judge. "A judge should come from a social class that is neither too high nor too low", he added. The minister said he appreciated any garbage collector who had raised a son to graduate with a law degree, but said that he believed that if his son became a judge he would "become depressed" and wouldn't be able to continue in the position. The comments stirred wide criticism. http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/129988.aspx
