CAIRO: Seemingly, Egypt's ex-president Hosni Mubarak is still having all the privileges in his suite in Sharm el-Sheikh's international hospital although supposedly being in detention after facing charges of killing protesters. His security guards are not allowing anyone to take photos of the ousted president nor his wife. Even in a trial, one of the doctors tried to take a photo of Mubarak via his mobile, but he got nervous. Mubarak then threatened the doctor, asking the hospital's administration not to allow him to enter the suite again. This arises many concerns about the preferential treatment that the ex-president receives, while he should be in jail. His security is deciding who can come to his suite and who can't. It was even said that they have taken all the video tapes showing Mubarak or his family when he was staying in a hotel after being ousted. Many question marks arises about who can put an end to such dominated security who is making orders in a time it should abide by rules and work only in their given space. All the ex-president demands are being satisfied by his security, which questions if any difference has accrued to the president's lifestyle after being under “detention” for 15 days in the background of bloody confrontations that had taken place leading to the death of many innocent Egyptian people. He is being investigated about the orders to kill demonstrators if needed, which can't be executed without the president's permission. Ironically, the same president who claimed earlier that he is in top shape to serve his people, and would serve “until his last breathe” comes now to complain of a number of diseases that requires him to stay at hospital. Until now the ex-president is staying in Sharm el-Sheikh with the company of his wife. He hasn't moved yet to a military hospital in Cairo due to security concerns and an inability to secure Mubarak's transition, yet though it has passed many days after the resolution to move him to one of the military hospitals. Some ask “why is he being treated in one of the best hospitals, while his citizens were dying each day due to the deteriorated governmental ones?” They complain, “Let him experience how it is like being treated in one of the government hospitals that his regime supposedly devoted billions on.” Health care wasn't upgraded in his era and as proof he was flying abroad to have a very easy surgery in a confession that his country's health care is incapable of treating its own president. Don't let the preferential treatment persist even after he's supposedly been “imprisoned.” There were many calls to expedite the transition of Mubarak to the military hospital to feel true justice, also calling for an end to the blackout. It's the public who are demanding a public trial of Mubarak where all updates should be published accordingly. Another one expressing his concern of the president's luxurious stay with his authoritarian way of dealing with people around has been maintained also by his guards against anyone trying to expose him in public. Mubarak's security is acting as if they are serving a president, not an ex-president. They must be aware that they can't order anymore! He is just a prisoner now. The army shouldn't give them or the president himself the discretion that they were given before. He is supposed to be in jail due to being under detention. Day after day, people can't sense any action taken against Mubarak until he's being treated in one of the ordinary hospitals that ordinary poor Egyptian people were denied being hospitalized due to a lack of money. Even those who succeeded in getting in received poor service, if not dying because of mistreatment. “We want him in jail, and not that fancy Mazraah Torah jail. He should be with prisoners. It would be in vain moving him to be with his ex-cabinet surrounding him.” He would be having it all, his sons, and allies who have made the corruption recipes,” said one Egyptian woman. It's remarkable to mention that the “Torah” prison where politicians, businessmen, and police officers are being imprisoned has recently become the territory of Mubarak's corrupted government, ending up there surrounded by wide gardens that could reach ten thousand meters, and playgrounds. This questions the superiority of corrupted persons who have participated in disastrous crimes are continuing to have a better life even in jail. BM
