The Egyptian Ministry of Sports has settled a dispute over the presidency of the Zamalek club after the Court of Cassation yesterday upheld the imprisonment of Mortada Mansour, the club’s president, for a month. And the Egyptian Ministry of Youth and Sports released an official statement on Sunday confirming the termination of the club’s membership in Zamalek by its president, Mortada Mansour, after the Court of Cassation, Egypt’s highest judicial body, upheld a one-month prison sentence in a case of insult and libel against Mahmoud. Al-Khatib, President of the Al-Ahli Club. The statement implied that Tat Mansoor would not be able to return to take over as club president after his membership ended, and the ministry asked the board of directors of the Zamalek club to follow the necessary procedures to arrange for the selection of a new club president through elections.
In the light of the ruling issued by the Court of Cassation at the meeting held on the Saturday corresponding to February 25, 2023, on appeal no. his.
The Ministry of Youth and Sports would like to clarify the legal procedures applied in this regard in the following paragraphs: Whereas the guidelines in force in the Zamalek club in its Article No. 41 provided for the termination of the membership of the members of the Board of Directors. in a number of cases, including in the case of a final decision on a punishment that restricts freedoms against a member.
The guidelines in its Article No. 23 provide that the club’s board of directors chooses who will act as chairman of the board in his absence.
Based on the foregoing, the board of directors of the Zamalek club is the one who decides at its meeting who will act as chairman of the board of directors of the Zamalek club in the coming period, until the next general meeting to elect the president of the Zamalek club.