Nobody above the law in Egypt now, Ali says

CAIRO – Member of Parliament and Chairman of the Board and Editor-in-Chief of al-Bawaba News, Abdelrahim Ali, said on Saturday that Egypt was far from applying the rule of law for a long time in the past.

Following the June 30, 2013, revolution, he said, we saw a minister being arrested and a governor being arrested at his office.

He referred at a debate with some western journalists to the presence of policemen, ministers and governors behind bars for breaking the law.

Ali added in the debate which was aired on private TV, al-Kahir Wal Nas, for him to comment on claims by western media on Egypt’s presidential election that in the past governors, ministers and judges enjoyed immunity.

Now, however, he said, nobody is above the law and those who commit mistakes are brought to account, regardless of who they are.