Summary Egypt’s highest judicial body has urges top prosecutor to step down for sake national unity.
CAIRO (AP) - Egypt s highest judicial body has urged the country s top prosecutor to step down, nearly five months after Islamist President Mohammed Morsi appointed him.
A statement by the Supreme Judiciary Council carried on Sunday by the official MENA news agency urged Talaat Abdullah to return to being a judge for the sake of the unity of the judiciary. Abdullah s appointment was decried as illegal by many judges and fellow prosecutors.
A court ruling last week annulled the presidential decree appointing Abdullah, who has continued to carry out his duties. Removing Abdullah has been a key demand of the mostly liberal and secular opposition.
