Egypt reinstated public prosecutor says will resign

Egyptian people wave the national flag as army helicopters fly above Egypt's landmark Tahrir square on July 4, 2013. Egypt's controversial public prosecutor Abdel Meguid Mahmud said Friday he was to resign, days after being reinstated, citing possible conflicts of interest in future prosecutions. (AFP)

CAIRO (AFP) – Egypt's controversial public prosecutor Abdel Meguid Mahmud said Friday he was to resign, days after being reinstated, citing possible conflicts of interest in future prosecutions.

A longtime prosecutor under former dictator Hosni Mubarak, Mahmud had been sacked by now deposed president Mohamed Morsi in November as part of a decree in which the Islamist head of state granted himself sweeping powers.