We have every right to inform the Egyptian simple citizens of what is going on behind the scenes of the judiciary. We would not fear or hesitate to do this because neither the judiciary is infallible nor judges are angels. The judiciary has become blinded so as not to see the scandals of the appointment of assistant prosecutors in 2007. What has been published by Al-Masry Al-Youm and Al-Wafd in this regard is a scandal that should not be easily passed by a statement denying it to save the face of the judiciary. What has been published prejudices the Judiciary's reputation. The first scandal: the appointment of 17 assistant prosecutor although they have been excluded due security and criminal investigations. This means that they have no good behavior and are not qualified for this important post. To achieve the principle of transparency, we hope that the names of the excluded, their security and criminal investigations and reports of the administrative control should be made public. I also hope that the names of the counselors who unfairly appointed their children as prosecutors and violated the justice to be made public. Any counselor intervening to appoint his son should be given the sack because he exploits the competences of his post. However, some counselors respect themselves and distance themselves and their children from suspicions.
The second scandal: the appointment of five assistant prosecutors with fair grades among 440 others although many have graduated with good and very good grades and have not been appointed. Those five sons have been appointed because they are well-connected. Even posts get inherited!
The third scandal: a number of those counselors protest against the exclusion of their children. They have the right to object because their children also got fair grades and have not been appointed! By the way, where is the Judges Club's role in facing this rampant corruption? I fear the club would issue a statement attacking the press because it violated the sanctity and purity of the judiciary! The fourth scandal: the comments of the Secretary General of the Judiciary Council Mohamed Eid Salem himself on Al-Masry Al-Youm in response to the protest of eight counselors against the exclusion of their children without giving any reasons. Speaking to my colleague Tareq Amin, he firmly said: each and every one knows their defects! He threatens Amin. In fact Salem's statements consecrate a new judicial rule; do not speak otherwise you will be harmed! The fifth scandal: the circumvention of the presidential decree to appoint a batch that does not meet the condition of good behavior. The independence of the judiciary does not mean turning a blind eye to corruption on the appointments. It does not mean that Supreme Judiciary Council's chairman and members would turn a blind eye to the rampant scandals.
