Cairo Criminal Court will hear the defense team's arguments for Egypt's former interior minister on Monday in the ongoing trial of former President Hosni Mubarak.
Top defense lawyer Farid al-Deeb will make his case for Habib al-Adly, who — along with Mubarak and six top security officials — is charged with ordering the killing of peaceful demonstrators during last year's uprising.
Mubarak arrived at the Police Academy in the Fifth Settlement for the trial on a helicopter coming from the International Medical Center, where he is spending his custody detention.
Deeb on Sunday concluded his arguments on behalf of the former president, pleading innocence for his client. He challenged the trial's legitimacy, claiming Mubarak was still president according to the law.
Deeb described the ruling military council's suspension of the 1971 Constitution as a legally punishable crime, and argued that the president has the sole authority to suspend the constitution.
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces suspended the Constitution after Mubarak's resignation in February in response to demands by Egyptian revolutionaries.
Translated from Al-Masry Al-Youm
