Case of bribery of Deputy Governor of Alexandria/ Soad El-Kholi
It is considered one of the most famous cases of public opinion which caused considerable debate. The case is known in media as "Bribery of Deputy Governor of Alexandria/ Soad El-Kholi", who faced a number of accusations along with other accused defendants of receiving financial and in-kind bribes throughout the period from May 2017 until the seventh of November 2017. That was for completing procedures of legalizing seizure of Khattab Oasis for Bedouin Food and barbecue of the "Western Oasis", as well as conducting inspections therefor not to execute the removal decision issued for it, and to issue temporary operating license as per "Mashrou'ak" Program (Your Project), without imposing any financial penalties on it. In addition to completing procedures of suspending the removal, decision of removing four floors of the building located in Saraya Royal Plaza in Alexandria Governorate. Public Prosecution accused Dr. Soad El-Kholi of abusing her power over officials of El-Agami District and Nahdet Misr Company for Environment Services to finish works of paving and lighting the road leading to a certain villa in El-Agami District, Alexandria, as well as cleaning services in the surroundings of the villa.
Public Prosecution accused her of receiving bribes for accelerating correspondences concerning valuation of the land benefitted from Alexandria Governorate in the International Park area downtown and examining feasibility of sharing profits to renew the contract with one of the other accused defendants. Being accused of all these violations, she resorted to Dr. Mohamed Hamoda, the lawyer famous for defending those accused in bribery cases. He defended her against the accusations of bribery attributed to her. His plea lasted for more than four successive days of total more than twenty-five hours, in which he tackled the explanation of flaws in the Public Prosecution's investigations, questioning all prosecution witnesses, including Governor of Alexandria himself and addressing all evidence submitted by the Public Prosecution against Dr. Soad El-kholi. There is no doubt that with such difficult and severe accusations, Dr. Mohamed Hamoda is expected to resort to the Supreme Court, Court of Cassation to decide about them.