Dr. Hossam Badrawi met with His Excellency Dr. Mostafa Madbouly, Prime Minister, yesterday, Wednesday, October 2, 2024, and met with a number of intellectual figures, to review some of the issues raised in the arena, in the presence of Dr. Badr Abdel Aati, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Egyptian Expatriates Affairs, at the Cabinet headquarters in the New Administrative Capital. At the beginning of the meeting, the Prime Minister welcomed the great intellectual figures present today at the government headquarters in the New Administrative Capital, pointing out his keenness, since the formation of the new government, three months ago, to hold a meeting to discuss matters related to public affairs following the Cabinet meeting, in the presence of journalists, representatives of various newspapers, and sometimes being honored by the presence of a number of newspaper editors and media professionals, stressing that such a meeting contributes greatly to introducing various citizens to the government’s point of view on many important issues, and clarifying the challenges facing the state, and the state’s directions in dealing with these challenges, in addition to responding to public opinion inquiries, and what is raised and published on various social media on many issues. The Prime Minister stressed his keenness to listen to the various opinions and orientations of the great intellectual figures attending this meeting, in a way that contributes to determining the course of the state’s movement during the coming period in many issues, and achieves the interest of the Egyptian state.
Here is a summary of Dr. Hossam Badrawi’s intervention in the Prime Minister’s meeting with thinkers and writers yesterday, Wednesday, October 2, 2024:
Dr. Badrawi began with a positive aspect of the Prime Minister’s presentation, especially:
1- Greetings for the move towards the goal of 42% clean energy within 5 years
2- Greetings for the state’s efforts to increase the volume of seawater desalination and the boom that has been achieved in this regard
3- Supporting the move towards making amendments to the tax system because the private sector suffers severely from tax arbitrariness and the injustice of its estimates
Then he moved on to his requests:
1- Increasing the space and breadth of the media’s chest for freedom of expression and accepting positive criticism. Freedom of expression is a constitutional entitlement and must be made available
2- Increase communication with thinkers and provide them with information instead of obtaining it from unverified sources
3- Promise to implement the articles of the constitution that have not been implemented, especially towards the application of decentralization in education and health as a beginning to build local cadres in all social and political levels
4- Demand that the state promise the issue of separation of powers is being implemented, which is a basic constitutional entitlement for the civil state because the executive authority is now the primary controller of the administration of the state and society is not convinced or there is real accountability, which creates accumulated anger within the souls
5- Support positive civil society initiatives towards achieving the country’s vision such as the Bridges Initiative in implementing the country’s vision vertically in education in Ismailia Governorate
6- Directing attention to the importance of the “Will” initiative proposed by the Egyptian Competitiveness Council, which aims to remove 50% of the routine procedures that hinder achievement in all ministries.
In addition:
Developing Egypt’s vision for education to 2050 and obligating the government to implement announced projects, specific measurement standards, and oversight from the media and parliament
It is worth noting that the meeting was attended by Dr. Ahmed Darwish, Dr. Osama El-Ghazali Harb, Mr. Mohamed Salmawy, Dr. Gamal Abdel Gawad, Dr. Mohamed Kamal, Dr. Mustafa El-Feki, Dr. Ahmed Zayed, Dr. Saeed El-Masry, Mr. Hassan El-Mustakawy, Dr. Nevin Masoud, Dr. Nourhan El-Sheikh, Dr. Abdel Fattah El-Gebali, Dr. Alia El-Mahdi, Dr. Ahmed Ghoneim, and Dr. Hesham Ibrahim.
Here is a summary of Dr. Hossam Badrawi’s intervention in the Prime Minister’s meeting with thinkers and writers yesterday, Wednesday, October 2, 2024:
Dr. Badrawi began with a positive aspect of the Prime Minister’s presentation, especially:
1- Greetings for the move towards the goal of 42% clean energy within 5 years
2- Greetings for the state’s efforts to increase the volume of seawater desalination and the boom that has been achieved in this regard
3- Supporting the move towards making amendments to the tax system because the private sector suffers severely from tax arbitrariness and the injustice of its estimates
Then he moved on to his requests:
1- Increasing the space and breadth of the media’s chest for freedom of expression and accepting positive criticism. Freedom of expression is a constitutional entitlement and must be made available
2- Increase communication with thinkers and provide them with information instead of obtaining it from unverified sources
3- Promise to implement the articles of the constitution that have not been implemented, especially towards the application of decentralization in education and health as a beginning to build local cadres in all social and political levels
4- Demand that the state promise the issue of separation of powers is being implemented, which is a basic constitutional entitlement for the civil state because the executive authority is now the primary controller of the administration of the state and society is not convinced or there is real accountability, which creates accumulated anger within the souls
5- Support positive civil society initiatives towards achieving the country’s vision such as the Bridges Initiative in implementing the country’s vision vertically in education in Ismailia Governorate
6- Directing attention to the importance of the “Will” initiative proposed by the Egyptian Competitiveness Council, which aims to remove 50% of the routine procedures that hinder achievement in all ministries.
In addition:
Developing Egypt’s vision for education to 2050 and obligating the government to implement announced projects, specific measurement standards, and oversight from the media and parliament
It is worth noting that the meeting was attended by Dr. Ahmed Darwish, Dr. Osama El-Ghazali Harb, Mr. Mohamed Salmawy, Dr. Gamal Abdel Gawad, Dr. Mohamed Kamal, Dr. Mustafa El-Feki, Dr. Ahmed Zayed, Dr. Saeed El-Masry, Mr. Hassan El-Mustakawy, Dr. Nevin Masoud, Dr. Nourhan El-Sheikh, Dr. Abdel Fattah El-Gebali, Dr. Alia El-Mahdi, Dr. Ahmed Ghoneim, and Dr. Hesham Ibrahim.