In international law, debt that is incurred without the consent of the people, and that is not used to their benefit, is referred to as “odious”; as such, it is not considered transferable to successor regimes. The reasoning is simple and logical: if someone fraudulently borrows money in my name, I am not expected to pay it back, and neither should a country’s population when an unrepresentative leader borrows in their name and to their detriment.
这笔债务是下台总统穆巴拉克在其30年的统治生涯中积累下来的。根据国际法，未经人民允许而产生的债务，以及没有用于民生的债务，都属于“恶意”债务；这类债务被认为不适合转移给继任政权。个中原因既简单又符合逻辑：如果有人用我的大名招摇撞骗，我是不会准备偿还的，国家亦然——无代表的领导人打着人民的旗号借钱并用于伤害人民，人民也不会替他偿还。