Tweet – Egypt put two former top ministers on trial on Sunday, widening a crackdown on graft as the ruling generals seek to show their seriousness about ending the corruption that led to President Hosni Mubarak’s ouster. No date has yet been set for the trial of former prime minister Ahmed Nazif and finance minister Youssef Boutros Ghali, but the decision is likely to further appease the pro-democracy protesters who ended Mubarak’s 30-year rule in February and demanded the administration be punished. Many investors and businessmen highly regarded Nazif and Boutros-Ghali for spearheading free-market reforms that helped boost economic growth to around an annual…
Posted by
on April 17, 2011. Filed under News.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0.
You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.
Posted by
on April 17, 2011. Filed under