Dr. Hossam Badrawi in an exclusive interview with The Independent Arabia

Before the presidential election race… d. Hossam Badrawi in an exclusive interview with The Independent Arabia on August 7, 2023
“The rotation of power in #Egypt is the only guarantor of sustainable development, and we need to change the status quo.”
In light of the political situation in which the Egyptian public scene is mixed, and supporters and opponents are scrambling over the “priorities and necessities of the stage,” the Egyptian elite is in a state of anticipation of what the upcoming electoral events will be like, especially the presidential elections scheduled for next year, which come at a time when the economic challenges facing them are growing. The country is facing it, while the train of the national dialogue that actually started last May, more than a year after the presidential call for its convening, is proceeding, amid diverging visions and questions about its “seriousness”, after the discussion avoided everything related to national security and foreign policy. , and the country’s constitution, and postponing the completion of the files of pretrial detainees and rights and freedoms.
In the face of a reality that “seems easy to describe, difficult to overcome its challenges, due to the absence of efficient management and the real application of ideas and solutions,” according to the description of the Egyptian politician Hossam Badrawi, during his interview with “The Independent Arabia.” There are many questions from politicians in the country about the seriousness of the existing authorities in opening up the public sphere. , unleashing rights and freedoms, allowing pluralism, as well as dealing effectively with the exacerbation of economic challenges, which were reflected in successive collapses of the national currency exchange rate, high inflation rates, as well as a decline in the level of foreign investments, and constant complaints of the public sector crowding out its private counterpart in the development process.
Dr. Hossam Badrawi, a physician and a prominent politician, headed the National Party in the last days of former President Hosni Mubarak’s rule before the fall of his regime in 2011, and it was a choice that was accepted even by the opponents at the time, and he currently occupies the position of advisor to the National Dialogue, and he has extensive links with all currents In his dialogue, he stressed the need to “implement the philosophy of the constitution in justice and human development,” as well as stressing “the importance of alternating power in the country, as the only guarantor of sustainable development, while achieving the principle of neutrality of state agencies in the upcoming elections to ensure their integrity, transparency, and non-alignment with the current president.” Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, if he intends to enter the competition.
Politics-focused dialogue
According to Dr. Badrawi’s description, the dialogue that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi called for in April 2022, “to discuss all issues” in Egypt, “is primarily political.” Explaining that it is “based on two main pillars, the first is justice and its application, and the second is human development.”
Dr. Badrawi goes on to explain his vision of the national dialogue, to which all Egyptian political factions were invited, with the exception of the “Brotherhood” group, which is classified as “terrorist” in Egypt. The philosophy of the constitution is in the rotation of power, freedom of expression, respect for different opinions, respect for freedoms, consideration of decentralization, and giving society space for its ability to express its political opinion, if it is not like that, then it is as if nothing happened.
He continues, “The other side is justice, and it is extremely important, because there is no establishment of a state or its sustainability without strict application of the law,” which requires, as he put it, “a review of laws that restrict freedoms and other similar laws, and a review of pretrial detention, and what is going on in it.” procedures,” stressing that “pretrial detention has rules and limits.”
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