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Cairo, December 17 (Xinhua) — Egypt’s new Attorney General Talaat Ibrahim Abdullah submitted his resignation to the Chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council on the 17th, Egyptian state television reported.
Just hours before Abdullah’s resignation, hundreds of members of the Attorney General’s Office held a new round of protests outside Abdullah’s office on Monday, demanding his resignation.
After handing in his resignation, Abdullah and his aides were surrounded by a crowd as they left their office. His aides then persuaded protesters to give way to Abdullah, according to the official MENA news agency.
In his resignation letter, Abdullah said he asked the chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council to consider his request and allow him to return to his previous judicial work.
The Judiciary Committee will meet on Sunday to discuss the resignation.
On November 22, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi appointed judicial figure Abdullah as the new Attorney General for a four-year term, replacing former Attorney General Abdel Majid Mahmoud.
On December 6, Mahmoud was approved by the Supreme Judicial Council to serve as the President of the Cairo Court of Appeal.
Morsi’s appointment order was issued on November 22 after presidential spokesman Yasser Ali announced a new constitutional declaration, which provides for the president to appoint a prosecutor general from among the members of the judiciary for a term of four years, who must not be less than 40 years old.
On December 9, Morsi issued a new constitutional declaration, abolishing the old constitutional declaration aimed at expanding presidential power, making all decrees issued since he took office final and not subject to judicial appeal. However, the impact of the constitutional declaration, such as the appointment of Abdullah, still exists.
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