A political analyst says Mubarak-era remnants who continue to haunt segments of Egypt’s political structure prevent the country’s development, Press TV reports.

“I think that the repressive apparatus has not been totally rooted out within the Egyptian structures of government, as well as the relationships between the opposition parties and parties outside of the political realm of the Muslim Brotherhood.... then of course you have the problems associated with the more secular organizations, organizations even within the Islamic community that are outside the Muslim Brotherhood who are saying that they are being excluded from the discussions and from the decision-making process that will shape where Egypt needs to be in order to rebuild their society,” Abayomi Azikiwe, an editor of the Pan-African News Wire, said in an interview with Press TV on Sunday.

Referring to the recent acquittal of former regime's officials by the Cairo Criminal Court, the analyst said that the current situation spreads hatred against Morsi’s government.

“I believe that as a result of these lingering issues, there’s going to be growing opposition against the government of President Morsi, issues involving the prosecutor who is being pressured to resign because of disagreements between their office and the president’s office,” Azikiwe noted.

At least 110 people have been wounded in recent clashes in Egypt’s Liberation (Tahrir) Square over the acquittal of Mubarak’s era officials.

On Wednesday, the Cairo Criminal Court acquitted the organizers of the infamous camel-borne assault on revolutionaries.


All of the 24 defendants, who are loyalists of ousted Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak, were found not guilty after the court “did not find any material evidence to convict” them.

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Thursday sacked the country’s prosecutor general Abdel Meguid Mahmud.

“These are some of the issues …. that Morsi is, of course, having difficulty in resolving with the other political forces inside of Egypt itself,” the analyst concluded.

The Egyptians launched the revolution against Mubarak’s regime in January 2011, which eventually brought an end to his 30-year-long dictatorship in February.

Press TV