“Waiting for the Heavenly Judge.” Mortada Mansour’s first comment on his imprisonment and the refusal to appeal

Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – Mortada Mansour, president of the Egyptian club Zamalek, commented on the decision of the Egyptian Court of Cassation, on Saturday, to reject his appeal and uphold the sentence of one month’s imprisonment with labor and enforcement, on charges of insulting and defaming Al-Ahly Club President Mahmoud Al-Khatib.

Mortada Mansour wrote in a post on his official Facebook page: “Finally, the president of Al-Ahly club imprisoned the president of Zamalek Club, for the first time in the history of sports. He refused to appeal, but awaiting the decision of the heavenly judge, God Almighty.”

And the Egyptian Court of Cassation had ruled, earlier, on Saturday, “rejecting the appeal submitted by the president of Zamalek Club, Mortada Mansour, and upholding the sentence of one month in prison with work and enforcement, on charges of insulting and slandering Al-Ahly President Mahmoud Al-Khatib.”

Mortada Mansour added: “Do not worry about me, the lions are not afraid of death, nor are they afraid of imprisonment. The plan was to overthrow me in the elections by fraud. Before that, I was dismissed from the presidency of the club for 4 years, after which the board of directors was dissolved, and the fourth step was my imprisonment, this step was somewhat delayed. .. Praise be to God,” he said.

And the President of Zamalek continued: “You knew and believed, O people of Egypt, and O fans of Zamalek, I had to completely disappear from the political, sports and media scene at any cost, and yet Egypt is my homeland with its love and in its back, and O fans of Zamalek, who agreed with me or disagreed, stand behind your team and support it, and God willing, it will win.” ”, according to the post.

He concluded by saying: “You knew that I had to disappear from the scene, and oh respected members of the General Assembly, you will miss me, especially my beloved children. I thank everyone, and I thank God for this ordeal.”

For his part, the Al-Ahly club’s lawyer, Muhammad Othman, said on his Facebook account: “Praise be to God, the Court of Cassation rejects Mortada Mansour’s appeal and upholds the sentence of one month’s imprisonment with enforcement in the case filed by us in favor of Captain Mahmoud Al-Khatib, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Al-Ahly Club, and the convict is being deported to implement The punishment”.

And Egyptian media reported that “Mortada arrived at the Court of Cassation to attend the appeal hearing against the ruling of his imprisonment in his conviction for insulting and slandering the President of Al-Ahly Club, and the members of the Al-Ahly Club Board of Directors, in which the ruling was previously issued in one of them to imprisonment in presence for a month, and another ruling to imprisonment for a year with a suspended sentence. Conflict of jurisdiction suit.