Thousands of Egyptians rallied in Cairo and Alexandria on Friday demanding that ousted President Hosni Mubarak and other former officials be put on trial. Mubarak was removed from power on February 11, but the reformers who drove the protests that brought him down are now concerned about what they see as the lingering influence of some elements of his administration.
The reformers want tougher steps to recover assets they say Mubarak and others took from the state and seek deeper change in Egypt which is now ruled by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, led by the defence minister who served under Mubarak. "I came because the military has been very slow in putting the people in the old regime on trial. Mubarak has not been charged with murder for the people who were killed," said Alaa Hashim, 28, an engineer, among protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square, the epicentre of the uprising.
A legal representative for Mubarak has denied media reports the former president amassed enormous wealth in office, saying Mubarak submitted his final financial statement to the concerned judicial bodies as required by law.
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