Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak sits inside a cage in a courtroom at the police academy in Cairo April 13, 2013 (Photo: Reuters)
Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) media avisor Mourad Ali has criticised calls for acquitting ousted president Hosni Mubarak from trial, saying that this is a "red line."
Supporters of the former president and several media figures have been calling for his release.
Mubarak, his former interior minister, Habib El-Adly, and six of the latter's top aides will be retried in connection to the killing of protesters during 18 days of the January 25 Revolution. The first session of the retrial is scheduled to take place 11 May.
In June 2012, Mubarak and El-Adly were hit with life sentences while the six top security aides were all acquitted.
On Monday, a court ordered the release without bail of Mubarak in the killing of protesters case, so long as he is not wanted for other crimes. He will remain in custody pending investigations into separate corruption charges.
Ali said on his Facebook page Saturday that if "judges cannot establish justice and hold these criminals accountable then they should leave their posts and not take part in releasing Mubarak and his aides."
Ali added that even if President Mohamed Morsi himself halts Mubarak's trial, "we would stand against him and protest because the Egyptian people [demand] justice and everyone has to know that retribution is a red line."
Thousands of Islamist protesters held a rally Friday at the High Court in Downtown Cairo to demand a "purge of Egypt's judiciary" and call for reforms.
Confrontations erupted between the group, comprised mainly of Muslim Brotherhood members, and unknown opponents, leaving at least 87 injured.
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