Lawsuits Authority sacks 4 Egyptian lawyers for joining pro-Brotherhood movement

Egypt’s State Lawsuits Authority has sacked four of its litigators on Saturday, accusing them of joining a pro-Muslim Brotherhood movement.

“We terminated their tenure them after we found out that they had attended meetings of the Judges for Egypt’s Sake movement,” said Sameh El-Sayed, an assistant head of the authority.

“They are charged with engaging in politics contrary to the law, and supporting a political faction at the expense of another,” he added.

The State Lawsuits Authority is a judicial entity which represents the state in lawsuits.

In November 2014, 56 judges were terminated on charges of signing a political pro-Morsi statement that was read aloud at the Rabaa Al-Adawiya pro-Morsi camp in 2013.

Morsi himself clashed with Egypt’s judiciary during his troubled one-year rule, with critics accusing him of trying to usurp certain judicial powers.

Source: Reuters