Egypt’s controversial public prosecutor Abdel Meguid Mahmud said on Friday he was to resign, days after being reinstated, citing possible conflicts of interest in future prosecutions.
A longtime prosecutor under former dictator Hosni Mubarak, Mahmud had been sacked by now deposed president Mohamed Morsi in November as part of a
decree in which the Islamist head of state granted himself sweeping powers.
The decree was eventually repealed under intense pressure from street protests, but the decisions stemming from it were protected by the constitution that was passed in December.
Mahmud had filed a lawsuit against his sacking and the Court of Appeals ruled in his favour on Tuesday.