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At the invitation of Dr. Basil Adel, head of the Awareness Party, and under the title “Egypt’s Political Future”, Dr. Hossam Badrawi gave a political lecture on the coming political future yesterday, Monday, December 23, 2024, at the headquarters of the Awareness Party in the Fifth Settlement. Dr. Basil Aad welcomed Dr. Badrawi and praised his honorable political career and national positions that history will remember. Dr. Basil Adel, head of the party, confirmed that although the party is 21 days old, meaning about 3 weeks ago, many activities have been implemented, issues have been engaged in, and research papers have been presented on pressing issues. Adel announced during the meeting that the party is preparing for the inauguration celebration next January at Abdeen Palace in the presence of dignitaries, noting that they launched a door-to-door campaign and visited Alexandria and Port Said, and will head to Fayoum Governorate on Friday for a popular meeting. Dr. Basil Adel added that they launched the membership form and welcome the joining of youth and women to build a different political experience under the name of social liberal parties, seeking to have a number of figures and parties join to gain the respect of the state and the support of a broad base of the masses. Dr. Badrawi’s speech came as follows: –
At the beginning of his speech, Dr. Badrawi thanked Dr. Basil Adel and the Awareness Party for hosting him, then praised Dr. Basil Adel’s political efforts.
Dr. Badrawi then referred to the 21 days that have passed since the establishment of the Awareness Party, likening this period in embryology to the same period it takes for the heart and genes of the fetus to be completed.
Dr. Badrawi then stressed that the party that is formed must proceed on two sides, one of which is an academic side, which is the easy side, and the other is a public side, which is the difficult part, since communicating with the public requires crossing many barriers, in addition to the fact that the electoral system does not allow for obtaining the full opportunity that benefits the party, due to the difficulty of reaching those who will give you their votes, in addition to the large size of the constituencies.
He then added that what is happening around us in the region poses a great danger that cannot be ignored, and he pointed out that Egypt is the grand prize after all of that, then he asked, can Egypt ward off this danger? He answered, yes, definitely, but this requires us to be strong from within first, and a strong state from within is not a security state, but a civil state that allows the participation of civil society and allows the emergence of political leaders. We know that democracy may not bring the best elements as a result of ignorance and poverty that gives money power, but the wise constitutional system has set controls for this within the framework of the public’s expression and participation at the local level when applying decentralization and at the level of the two chambers of parliament when the Senate has the function of sustaining development and controlling performance with a different composition from the other chamber, as each chamber has a function and a role, but unfortunately in the last elections they are two sides of the same role. He stressed the illogicality of political work if society is ignored and not involved under the pretext that it is an ignorant society that will not be able to choose. This matter is controlled by opening decentralized channels that allow people to express themselves and their desires, then from these channels to the House of Representatives, which formulates it, crystallizes it, and places it in a legislative mold, and from there to the Senate, which controls its political framework, stressing that institutional work is what controls political life. Dr. Badrawi then moved to another aspect that achieves Egypt’s internal strength, which is the issue of separation of powers, expressing that if the executive authority continues to dominate the rest of the authorities, we will remain without a democratic system of government, expressing that despite his belief in the availability of good intentions, the absolute system of government ultimately leads to corruption, as no system will be upright without accountability. We do not want chaos, revolutions, or coups, but what we want is reform from within. Dr. Badrawi added that since 1952, Egypt has been governed by a presidential system of government, and presidential rule can also be democratic, but presidential rule without the transfer of power turns over time into dictatorial rule…. This is what the constitution stipulates.
Dr. Badrawi then explained that we all belong to the liberal social movement, as we all believe in freedom of economic movement, but we also have strict rules regarding citizens’ rights, most notably education, health, housing, and social security.
What makes us influential is finding the minimum level of consensus that achieves solidarity and cohesion among us as parties.
In conclusion, Dr. Badrawi urged the need to start implementing decentralization, which will take time to stabilize, the need for separation of powers, and the need for us all to cooperate in the next stage in order to form a bloc that will produce no less than 150 opposition votes in the next House of Representatives, as he believes that it is in the interest of any ruling regime to have constructive opposition within the regime.
Dr. Badrawi ended his speech amidst applause and support from the attendees, then the door was opened for dialogue to the attendees who asked many questions on all political files, which Dr. Badrawi welcomed and answered, and the organization remained honorable on the part of the organizers of the Awareness Party. The symposium, which was attended by a number of political leaders, former representatives, and party bases from various currents, ended. The symposium was attended by former representative Rajab Hamida, former representative Dr. Magdy Morshed, Vice President of the Conference Party, former representative John Talat, former representative Margaret Azar, members of the founding committee of the Awareness Party, Dr. Muhammad Abu Jabal Abu, Head of Arab Affairs at the Iraqi Embassy, Mr. Hussein Hadi, Representative of the Iraqi Embassy, and a number of party and youth leaders from various political currents and leaders of the Awareness Party. Awareness Party statement on yesterday’s meeting
