“He did not flee or leave his country like others.” Alaa Mubarak defends his late father after being subjected to “systematic smear” campaigns.

Alaa Mubarak, the son of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, defended his father, in light of what he said were “systematic and malicious smear campaigns” against him, pointing out that he served his country for 60 years and did not flee from it as other Arab leaders did, after he stepped down from power. Alaa Mubarak wrote in a post on his official account on the “X” platform, previously Twitter, on Sunday: “Days pass and years pass, and the truth remains bright and does not disappear, no matter how severe the attempts to distort and erase the history of a man who gave more than sixty years of his life in the service of the soil of this country, a virtuous son of the armed forces and a hero of the October War.” The son of the late president added: “President Mubarak, may God have mercy on him, was exposed to fabricated cases in an atmosphere dominated by emotion and slander, and systematic and tendentious campaigns of distortion and rumours, aimed at moral assassination and undermining his integrity and his military and political history,” as he put it.

Alaa Mubarak went on to say in his post: “But God’s will and will were beyond human control. God Almighty wanted to give him the strength and fortitude to bear this difficult test, and to face all those systematic campaigns with courage, patience, and faith, until the truth emerged and the grief went away, so that he would remain in the memory of his fans as a steadfast hero who chose to face fate on the land of his homeland. He did not flee or leave his country as others did. Oh God, make his memory ever-lasting.” With goodness on earth and raised with acceptance in heaven.” Alaa Mubarak's comment came in response to a video clip that he attached to his blog in which Hossam Badrawi, former Secretary-General of the dissolved National Party, spoke about his rejection of what the late president was subjected to.

Hossam Badrawi said in the video clip during a television interview in response to a question about whether Mubarak had been wronged: “It was definitely unfair. He did not deserve what happened to him. He did not deserve to stand behind bars, and he deserved more than that,” explaining that over time, his dignity was restored, even if only partially. Alaa Mubarak wrote in a previous blog post on the “X” platform: “Praise be to God, the status of President Mubarak, may God have mercy on him, is in the hearts of his loved ones among the people, and it is too high to be reduced to naming an axis or a station. True love does not need walls or roads to immortalize it, as his history is engraved in the conscience of the nation, not on road signs.”, according to his description.

In 2017, the Egyptian Court of Cassation issued a final ruling acquitting Mubarak of the charges against him in the case of killing demonstrators of the January 25 Revolution in 2011. In 2012, the Cairo Criminal Court had sentenced Mubarak to life imprisonment after convicting him of charges related to the killing of 239 demonstrators, but the Court of Cassation ruled the ruling.