<\/b>A Cairo misdemeanours court has acquitted on Tuesday politician Amr Al-Shobaky from defamation charges against president of Zamalek FC Mortada Mansour, state-media reported.<\/p>\n
Mansour had filed a lawsuit claiming to have been insulted in Al-Shobaky\u2019s article published in Al-Masry Al-Youm, titled \u201cThe return of the thug.\u201d<\/p>\n
The article was published in October 2016 and criticised the use of offensive language and accusations he had been subjected to, indirectly implying Mansour.<\/p>\n
The two parties have been in conflict over parliamentary elections. Last year, Egypt\u2019s highest judicial court\u2014tasked with ruling on the validity of candidates\u2019 memberships in the parliament\u2014decided that Al-Shobaky was entitled to the seat of Mansour\u2019s son, Ahmed Mortada Mansour.<\/p>\n
The court had established that the vote count had wrongly brought the latter to parliament, concluding that he must leave his seat to Al-Shobaky. Although months have passed since the verdict, which is obligatory for parliament to act upon according to the constitution, Al-Shobaky has not been able to take his seat in parliament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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