Mubarak refused to enter jail
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The defense will appeal the verdict against former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who was sentenced this morning to life in prison, said one of his lawyers. An appeal will also be submitted by the Attorney General in protest against what he called a "diplomatic" decision by the court. The prosecution requested the death penalty for Mubarak.
The 84-year-old politician has already been rushed to the hospital of Cairo's Tora prison, where he will serve his sentence. Meanwhile, an Egyptian daily has reported that the former Egyptian leader refused to get out of the ambulance and enter the Tora prison hospital. He was in a "psychotic and hysterical situation" and was crying, the report said. "I served this country", he shouted, according to the newspaper. Security men tried to convince him over the need to get off because it is a court ruling and the decision of the Attorney General, and it will be implemented in any case. The controversy took more than 15 minutes, and then Mubarak got out of the ambulance and moved to his bed within the prison hospital.
The plane carrying the former Egyptian President landed in Tora prison, moments after the ruling of the judges .
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I would not put any stock on Mubarak's conviction. I believe his trial was for show only, while Ahmed Shafik, his last prime minister has now become the preferred choice of the U.S., Israel, and the Egyptian military to succeed him!
Here is a question that begs for an answer in the Mubarak saga: "If Mubarak was found responsible for the killings of about 900 protesters, why his prime minister at the time, Ahmed Shafik, was not? It is obvious, therefore, that the Mubarak trial was a "public show" to placate the demonstrators, while behind the scenes the U.S. and the Egyptian junta have been grooming Mubarak's prime minister to replace him, and continue his legacy. I suspect that Mubarak will be acquitted on appeal for lack of evidence after the presidential elections, and I bet that the Egyptian Generals will continue to have the "final say" on where Egypt goes from here.
The Mubarak era is not over in Egypt. It is just being re-crafted, re-configured, and retrofitted by the Egyptian Military around the U.S. and Israeli Middle East policies! I consider this process as the "re-packaging" of the Mubarak regime into "an Arab Spring box, and then re-selling it to the Egyptians!" Nikos Retsos, retired professor
