Former Egypt President Hosny Mubarak will soon record an "emotional speech" in which he apologizes to the Egyptian people and asks for amnesty for himself, his wife, and his two sons, according to an Egyptian newspaper report on Tuesday.
The independent daily al-Shorouk said that Mubarak was in the process of drafting a letter that would be broadcast on television, in which he apologizes to the Egyptian people for any harm done to the nation due to a few individuals and "faulty information given to him."
According to the newspaper report, which sources unnamed Egyptian and Arab officials, Mubarak will say he is willing to give up all of the family's properties in Egypt, which have already been impounded, along with his bank accounts pending corruption investigations, DPA reported.
He will urge Egyptians to remember that "he was once a fighting soldier in the army in defence of the nation and never sought the burden of the presidency and that his wife only sought charitable work to help the nation," according to sources in the report.
Mubarak, whose son Gamal was once tapped as a likely successor for the presidency, was toppled from the country's top post in February after 18 days of popular uprising.
He, along with his wife and sons, were ordered in prison while investigations regarding charges of profiteering, misappropriating public funds and the illegal acquisition of wealth are being conducted.
The ousted president is also being investigated in the killings of over 840 people during those protests.
However, both he and his wife remain in a hospital in the Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh. Gamal and Alaa, another son, are in Cairo's Tora prison.
Investigations are proceeding into how the Mubaraks amassed assets estimated at tens of billions of dollars during Mubarak's nearly 30 years in office.
Swiss authorities said this month they had frozen 410 million francs (463 million dollars) in assets linked to Mubarak.
Military sources told al-Shorouk that it is unlikely his two sons will get amnesty, but that if opinion on the street allows for it, the 82-year-old Mubarak and his wife may be pardoned for past offenses due to their age and health.
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