Only a few hours before Younis would ask her guests, “What does the state want ?” the president’s office director, Omar Marwan, was meeting with the heads of several judicial bodies and authorities at the presidential palace, according to three judicial sources who spoke to Mada Masr on condition of anonymity.

In the meeting, Marwan would inform the heads of the Court of Cassation, Egypt’s highest criminal jurisdiction, the State Council, and the Administrative Prosecution Authority, that their power to select and make new appointments would be transferred to the Military Academy.

Marwan informed them of the presidential directives to transfer all decisions regarding judicial appointments to the Military Academy, starting with the Public Prosecution, rather than the Supreme Judicial Council and the headquarters of the other judicial bodies and authorities.

Marwan outlined the new procedures during the meeting, the three judges told Mada Masr.

They added that the presidential office director explained that selections for the 2022 law graduates — whose appointment process began in February 2023 — were cancelled, and that candidates would be reselected by the Military Academy.

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