Feb 16 set as start date for a Morsi trial
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An Egyptian court has set February 16 as the start date for one of the multiple trials of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi — on charges of conspiring with foreign groups.
Egypt’s prosecutor general has charged Morsi and other top Muslim Brotherhood leaders with conspiring with militant groups such as the Palestinian Hamas and the Lebanese Hezbollah, as well as with Iran, to destabilize Egypt. Morsi is also accused of orchestrating an insurgency in the Sinai Peninsula to avenge his ouster.
Morsi’s supporters have called the conspiracy accusations implausible. Morsi was ousted in a military coup last July after millions took to the streets demanding his removal, nearly a year after he became Egypt’s first freely elected president.
Morsi is facing a total of four trials and was most recently referred to court over insulting the judiciary. Charges in the other three trials, including inciting the killing of his opponents and organizing jailbreaks, carry the death penalty. Of the four, only the one for incitement has started and is to resume next month.
Medhat Idris of the Cairo Appeals Court said yesterday that the venue for the trial for conspiring with foreign groups has not yet been determined.
The trials come as the military-backed interim government pushes a fast track transition plan aimed at holding presidential and parliamentarian elections by end of this year.
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