at His first pictorial appearance After his father, former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, stepped down from power in 2011, Gamal Mubarak declared his family’s innocence of having money smuggled abroad, and addressed his father in a video, saying, “We have won, father, may he rest in peace.”
He also added, directing the conversation to his father, “My dear father, fate did not allow you to witness the end of all legal measures taken once morest you since 2011, including the relevant measures adopted by the Council of the European Union.”
Also, he continued, “I assured you during your last days that I will continue on the path to achieving an unequivocal acquittal for you and our family. I promised you to continue the path with unrelenting determination to achieve this acquittal in the international court arena.”
He stressed that “following a long and arduous battle over more than 10 years, successive rulings and decisions were issued by the highest judicial authorities in the European Union and abroad to categorically acquit the family.”
“We won in the courthouse”
He said that the late president was sure, “throughout this battle, even in its darkest times, that his family will eventually win.”
In addition, Gamal considered that that battle was “Mubarak’s last battle during a history full of battles and difficulties, and that he continued it on behalf of his father, following the latter faced it patiently and valiantly, following the end of his life in the service of the country, fighting and defending its interests,” according to him.
Alaa and Gamal Mubarak, sons of the former Egyptian president
And he concluded, “May your father rest in peace, and may God bless you with his mercy and forgiveness.”
Unfreezing Mubarak family funds and assets
It is noteworthy that the European Court of Justice confirmed last April its previous decision to unfreeze the assets and funds of the late Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s family.
Hosni Mubarak family
It also obligated the Council of the European Union to pay the costs incurred by the Mubarak family in the lawsuit related to seeking compensation for damages caused to family members due to the freezing of their money and assets.
