[Ennahar] Two months after his fall, former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011...
came out for the first time Sunday to say he was victim of "defamation" while protesters demanding his trial got the summons in connection with a judiciary investigation.
Justice has announced that former Rais and his two sons Alaa and Gamal would be convened at an unspecified date, to answer charges in conducting anti-corruption and violence that left some 800 dead during demonstrations against the regime in January and February.
The announcement, first step toward a possible trial, was made after massive demonstrations Friday, smaller Saturday and Sunday but violent with officially a death on Tahrir Square in Cairo, Mecca of the revolt that brought down Mr. Mubarak February 11.
Protesters demand a trial for the former president and other bigwigs of his regime, accusing the army in power since his departure of dragging their feet to turn the page on Mubarak's years.
The former president himself, silent since his resignation, expressed for the first time in a audio speech of a few minutes aired on Saudi Dubai-based al-Arabiya.
He denounces the "smear campaigns" against him and defends his "reputation" and his integrity." He ensures that neither he nor his wife Suzanne have property abroad and says he is willing to cooperate with justice on this issue.
The authorities have assigned Mubarak in residence in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on the Red Sea, and routinely deny rumors of his departure abroad.
Justice also announced the detention of Mubarak's former Prime Minister, Ahmad Nazif, following accusations of embezzlement.
Other former officials of the former regime have been for several weeks the subject of judicial action or investigation, but part of the opinion finds these actions still too timid.
A thousand protesters were still around Tahrir Square on Sunday, the entrances were blocked by barbed wire and metal bars.
Besides the trial of former president, they asked the Marshal Hussein Tantawi departure, head of the Supreme Council of the armed forces, who acts as head of state for two months.
"The people demand the overthrow of the Marshal", aged 75 and defense minister for 20 years.
The intervention of the military police, backed by riot police against the demonstrators on the night of Friday to Saturday caused one dead and 71 maimed according to official figures. Medical sources had earlier reported two deaths.
The army for its part has denied having acted with brutality and denied accusations that it had opened fire on demonstrators. She called them "off-the-law".
The presence of seven uniformed officers among the protesters had left dawn divisions within a military institution traditionally sealed on its internal debates.
These events reflect a recent escalation of tensions around the role of the army after a period of broad consensus on its efforts to stabilize the country and organize the return to elected civilian rule promised by the end of the year.
But the popularity of the military institution continues to enjoy in a wide part of the opinion has led many officials and organizations to remain cautious about these criticisms, even to dissociate themselves from the protesters.