Egypt state prosecutor to stay after row with Morsi

Egypt's state prosecutor Abdel Meguid Mahmud and President Mohamed Morsi agreed yesterday that Mahmud will stay, ending a crisis over his refusal to quit after being dismissed, an aide to the prosecutor said.
State television reported that the two met and sealed an agreement under which "the state prosecutor will stay on in his post," said deputy state prosecutor Adel Said, citing a "misunderstanding over his nomination as ambassador to the Vatican."
Morsi on Thursday fired Mahmud, appointing him Cairo's envoy to the Vatican, but the state prosecutor refused to stand down, saying: "I remain in my post. According to the law, a judicial body cannot be dismissed by an executive authority."