In Egypt like any Country in the world, when the person reaches to his 60 or 65 years old some times retires and gets pension but in some jobs now in Egypt some persons may work till death comes in he end thanks to government orders.
For instance in the official newspapers and publishing houses the chief in editors and CEO are appointed by the government always stay to beyond the 60 and 65 for those who are doing what the regime wants, of course those who do not what the regime wants are kicked from the press just like my grand father as soon as they reach their 60!!
But there was certain professions the regime couldn’t break the retirement age rule in, the Judges
According to the judicial working law “Sorry if I am mistaken in the correct name”
The retirement age where the Judge leaves the service in the age of 68
A great another merit in the Egyptian Judicial system, a merit the NDP doesn’t want anymore now, for this critical time, from here to the end of the year where the expected inheritance of the rule of Egypt is expected to be done.
The NDP wanted to change to the retirement age to 70 years old from 68 years old!!
Of course the president Mubarak praised it so did the minister of Justice who has great enmity to the honorable Judges club aka “The nation house” ,already it turned out the minister of Justice wrote a report for president Mubarak claiming that the majority of Judges wants it.
And thus the law found its way to the parliament, the parliament which like the French liberation once described as the fastest parliament to approve any law the government wants
The Judges club stood with all their force presenting the majority of the judges against the law but what they can do against the master of his decision ; the assembly of yea but not nay
What they can do and already the majority which is from the NDP already is the same authority that cancelled the judicial supervision of the elections in the infamous amendment 88 of the constitution!!
But the honorable judges who are the last saving force in Egypt before the ugly solution of the army are still in the fight with the NDP and they are still rejecting the law which they considered as a new massacre for the judges just like the infamous Massacre in the Nasserite era in 1969.
Thousands of Telegram and faxes were sent to the Presidency palace by the judges to inform President with their objection and I am sure and I am staying in home now that the president didn’t receive any and won’t know of their existence at all
The judges anyhow wanted to raise their objection this time more publicly as they decided to have a march on next Sunday insh Allah, the 29th of April 27, 2007 to the Abdin Presidency Palace, of course this move is not for the president more to embarrass the regime and NDP and to win the public support with the world attention, we all know that the President rarely comes to Abdin palace, the one who is there is the famous NDPian Zachariah Azzamy , President Mubarak most of the time in Sharm El-Sheikh or in the Orba palace in Misr Gadida quarter, well it will one hell of march to go to Misr El-Gadida on foot !!
But the interior ministry refused to gave them the permission and thus they decided to have meeting afternoon in their club
I guess now there is a question in your mind
Why are the judges so angry from such law that will extend their retirement age in their powerful profession with all its privileges??
Well because they are patriot and smart enough to know that it is not done for their eyes, it is done for the NDP and regime favorite judges, you see the board of the judicial bodies is the only benefiter of this change, already it is the only judicial board that accepted and approved the change without decision or unanimity!!
You will understand the riddle more when you know that 5 from the members of The SJC which follows the government and the ministry of Justice and considered as tool in the hand of the NDP reached the retirement age already and only 2 are remaining in it but they also will reach the retirement age soon. According to the judicial rules those 5 can’t took a decision and already the decision in SJC is taken by majority and thus the council which is appointed by the ministry is not legal anymore and those judges there are from the minority that work with the regime .
Another question what is the importance of this SJC to the regime??
Well my dear friends this is the board that accepts the candidates for the presidency!! I don’t need to tell you that’s why the inheritance operation is expected to happen very soon in next September at most in the next NDP convention
The Confront between the NDP and the Judges returned again in the past two weeks and expected to continue, a break bone confront, the first round was for the NDP but no one knows who will have the last laugh.
In a roundabout way this sounds very similar to the firings of prosecutors in the U.S. Perhaps these old judges have already planned their retirement years out and just want to get the hell out of Dodge (the current political game) while the getting is good.
ReplyDeletemay be Vaga bond but really those men don't want to be considered in front of God and the people as responsible for the inheritance and dictatorship anymore , they have the power and can use it
ReplyDeleteby the way their pensions and payments are not that good ,in fact it is among their demands , already those who are well paid are those pro-judges