47 Egyptian MPs from all political forces handed a notification to Public Prosecutor Abdel Maguid Mahmoud against former Housing Minister Mohamed Ibrahim Suleiman, demanding that all necessary measures be taken to protect the people's money. MP Ala Eddin Abdel Moniem, who actually delivered the notification, explained to the Public Prosecutor the details of their paper. The MPs, who either were independent or belonged to al-Wafd, al-Tagammu, al-Dustur al-Igtima'i al-Hurr parties or the Muslim Brotherhood, stress in their notification that under Dr. Suleiman, the Ministry of Housing was ravaged by unprecedented levels of corruption, as people's money was stolen and the country's wealth was abused and distributed to a handful of people almost for free, thus allowing them to make billions of gains. They explain the minister took part in what they call methodological organized corruption, as he took hold of vast areas of land and villas and distributed them to his family and relatives. They say he also involved businessmen by giving them hundreds of state-owned acres of lands for building, thus providing the worst example of how to take advantage of influence, profiteer and waste public money. The MPs add that the lands obtained by Mr. Suleiman's relatives were in privileged positions in New Cairo and Marina. They also unveil that the former minister sold a 306 m2 house to a contractor and many acres of land to different companies. The MPs also explain that those beneficiaries obtained those lands by installment but only gave a 10% down-payment, while they also got billions in loans from Egyptian banks. "The plundering affected people-owned real estates and people's bank deposits" the MPs say.
