Cairo Administrative Court decided on Tuesday to postpone the verdict of halting the sacking of former top auditor and former head of the Central Auditing Organization (CAO) Hesham Geneina to 24 January. The lawsuit was filed by Geneina against President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and said that the dismissal decision that was taken by Al-Sisi is unconstitutional. The Cairo Criminal Court had issued a verdict in July 2016 against Geneina. The case started when a local newspaper published falsified statements attributed to Geneina about the size of financial corruption in the public sector. The verdict of that case might affect the case raised against Geneina for publishing false news.

Source: Daily News Egypt January 17, 2017 14:00 UTC