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Reports that Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi recently sent his family and friends on an expensive vacation that consisted of a private jet ride to the Red Sea resort town of Taba and the booking of 12 rooms at the Hilton has caused outrage in country, battered by an ongoing political and economic crisis.
Earlier this week, an official at the Taba resort told the Egyptian newspaper, Almasry Alyoum, that Mursis family arrived on Wednesday.
The official also said Mursis family reserved 12 rooms at the Hilton Hotel, which overlooks the Red Sea, and in addition to the Mursi clan wives of officials from the Freedom and Justice Party came to stay.
Egyptian screenwriter Waheed Hamed on Sunday spoke out against the alleged luxurious vacation. Hamed, in remarks published in the Egyptian daily Al-Shrouq, asked who was paying the bill for the 12 reserved rooms.
The country is poor, and the [rate of hunger] increases every day. Mursis [financial] resources do not allow these huge expenses. And since when has Mursis family traveled via a private jet? he added.
Almasry Alyoum reported the presidents family, as well as the others who accompanied them, returned to Cairo on Saturday afternoon, on a private jet.
An official at the Smart Aviation Company said expenses for the flight per hour costs 6,000 U.S dollars. The official added that the total cost encompasses the time from when the jet was prepared for travel and until it lands at its destination.
http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2013/02/04/264290.html
Earlier this week, an official at the Taba resort told the Egyptian newspaper, Almasry Alyoum, that Mursis family arrived on Wednesday.
The official also said Mursis family reserved 12 rooms at the Hilton Hotel, which overlooks the Red Sea, and in addition to the Mursi clan wives of officials from the Freedom and Justice Party came to stay.
Egyptian screenwriter Waheed Hamed on Sunday spoke out against the alleged luxurious vacation. Hamed, in remarks published in the Egyptian daily Al-Shrouq, asked who was paying the bill for the 12 reserved rooms.
The country is poor, and the [rate of hunger] increases every day. Mursis [financial] resources do not allow these huge expenses. And since when has Mursis family traveled via a private jet? he added.
Almasry Alyoum reported the presidents family, as well as the others who accompanied them, returned to Cairo on Saturday afternoon, on a private jet.
An official at the Smart Aviation Company said expenses for the flight per hour costs 6,000 U.S dollars. The official added that the total cost encompasses the time from when the jet was prepared for travel and until it lands at its destination.
http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2013/02/04/264290.html
