Written by Hend Mukhtar – Photographed by Suleiman Al-Atefi
Tuesday, November 28, 2023 02:28 PM
Madbouly: We issued a massive package of incentives and exemptions to the private sector in order to encourage investments
he met Dr. Mostafa MadboulyToday, Tuesday, the Prime Minister, the heads of the specific committees in the House of Representatives, within the framework of completing these periodic meetings to discuss a number of files and topics related to improving the services provided to citizens, in the presence of Counselor Alaa El-Din Fouad, Minister of Parliamentary Council Affairs, and Dr. Abdul Hadi Al-Qasabi, Chairman Parliamentary body of the “Future of the Nation” party.
The Prime Minister began the meeting by welcoming Dr. Abdul Hadi Al-Qasabi. He also expressed his welcome to all heads of the specific committees of the House of Representatives at the government headquarters in the New Administrative Capital, stressing his keenness to hold this meeting on a periodic basis, especially at the beginning of each new legislative session. To discuss many of the files currently raised, which are of interest to various segments of society, and which must create some kind of consensus between the government and Parliament regarding the procedures for implementing them, and to discuss the challenges facing implementation together; In order to quickly overcome it and complete the work.
In this context, Dr. Mustafa Madbouly congratulated Dr. Abdel Hadi Al-Qasabi for occupying the position of Chairman of the Parliamentary Body of the “Future of a Nation” party. He also thanked Engineer Ashraf Rashad for his efforts during the last period.
The Prime Minister reiterated that holding these periodic meetings comes within the framework of the government’s keenness to listen to the heads of the specific committees, each regarding his own files. To learn about opinions and viewpoints regarding the most important challenges and problems we face, and the priorities for dealing with these challenges, he said: “This comes as you are the mouthpiece of the specific committees, as well as the mouthpiece of the Egyptian street.”
During his speech, Dr. Mostafa Madbouly praised the political solidarity and great support provided by the House of Representatives to support various state agencies, saluting the House of Representatives for the wonderful scene it appeared during the Prime Minister’s response to the briefing request submitted by a number of members of the House regarding efforts to support… The Egyptian state for our Palestinian brothers, as well as the measures implemented by the state and the government to prevent attempts to forcibly displace them from the Gaza Strip, and the challenges that the Egyptian state faced in providing humanitarian and relief aid to our Palestinian brothers, pointing out that this day is a historic day on the personal level, adding: “I felt During this day, there is intense patriotism among the members of the esteemed Council,” in addition to the members’ understanding of the dimensions of the current problem, and what is being plotted against Egypt and against the entire region.
In the same context, Dr. Mostafa Madbouly explained that: The government and the House of Representatives Together they are witnessing unprecedented crises, starting with the Covid-19 pandemic, which was followed by the Russian-Ukrainian crisis, then the massive inflation that the whole world is suffering from, in addition to the conflict currently taking place in the Gaza Strip, describing it as the strongest and most violent since the 1967 war.
The Prime Minister touched on other crises that some neighboring countries are currently witnessing, including Sudan, which represents a strategic depth for the Egyptian state and whose crises and problems carry unusual obstacles, and before that Libya, pointing to an important point in this regard, which is that there is no country in the world that is geographically surrounded by something like this. These conflicts are like the one Egypt is witnessing, noting that this situation imposes serious repercussions on the Egyptian state that must be dealt with.
The Prime Minister went on to talk about that, in light of these circumstances, Egypt is dealing with a huge amount of economic and political crises, but our priorities during the current period are to Securing and providing basic requirements of the state and the needs and basic goods of citizens.
Dr. Mostafa Madbouly continued by saying: The real problem that appears in light of inflation is Increased prices of some commodities In certain periods, he explained that the state adopts a policy of a free economy that supports the role of the private sector, but sometimes, and in light of the exceptional period that we are currently witnessing, the alternative will be to impose other mechanisms to deal with some illegal practices.
Dr. Mostafa Madbouly said: Despite all the challenges, the unemployment rate does not exceed 7% according to the latest reports, and this issue is one of the government’s most important priorities, and we are keen that these rates do not witness an increase during the coming period, and he also expected that the growth rate during the current fiscal year will reach At least 4%, due to the circumstances the whole world is going through.
He added MadboulyWe issued a massive package of incentives and exemptions to the private sector. In order to encourage investments, the approval of new projects pursuant to obtaining the golden license sends a strong message that we, as a country, support the private sector, which lies at the heart of our vision to develop the Egyptian economy in a comprehensive and integrated manner.
In the context of his talk about encouraging the private sector, the Prime Minister indicated that one of the reasons for the boom in the industrial sector lies in encouraging the localization of various industries, adding: Indeed, we were keen to meet many of the major international companies that invest millions of dollars in Egypt and provide thousands of job opportunities, explaining These companies are pumping new blood into the industrial sector that will move this sector to a real qualitative leap during the coming period.
In another context, move on prime minister To talk about the problem of reducing electrical loads, he said: Everyone is fully aware that we are facing unprecedented challenges, some of which are due to climate conditions and high temperatures during the summer, which has caused a significant increase in electricity consumption during the summer months, and prompted us to import large quantities of diesel fuel. Large financial allocations, amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars per month, to provide gas and diesel fuel, which is a large number, and there are other challenges represented by the weakness of electrical energy generated from renewable sources, whether water or wind, and others, as well as the small quantities of gas supplied to us due to the events that occurred. witnessed by Gaza, adding: Despite all of this, the government is working to solve this problem and provide the state’s needs for fuel, diesel, mazut, and gas, and at the same time we are working to reduce the import bill, and therefore we are dealing with many challenges under exceptional circumstances with the flexibility required to solve any problem. Emergency facing citizens as much as possible.
At the conclusion of his speech to the heads of the specific committees, he said: prime ministerIf the government represents the executive side, then the members of the House of Representatives represent the legislative and supervisory side, that is, the other side of the coin for managing the state, and you know the extent of the effort made to confront such challenges, and I cannot fail to thank your esteemed council, especially after the completion and adoption of the reconciliation law for violations. Construction, which was a popular demand, and we hope to begin implementing this very important law, which will reflect positively on the Egyptian citizen.
2023-11-28 12:28:00
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