Politicians, partisans and trade unionists stressed that Sisi’s announcement is “a qualitative leap, inaugurating a new phase in the political path of the Egyptian state for the sake of the country’s interest.”
And they indicated in separate interviews to “Sky News Arabia” that “the political dialogue initiative is re-examining the file of political reform again, after crossing the various security threats and risks, to reach a state of current stability.”
During a usual annual tradition called “The Egyptian Family Breakfast,” the Egyptian president directed the “National Youth Conference”, which operates under the umbrella of the “National Training Academy”, to conduct a “political dialogue” with all forces without exception or discrimination.
Al-Sisi said, “Our steps were firm and firm, and our determination is unrelenting in order to achieve the survival and construction of our dear Egypt,” continuing: “The challenges were great, but our successes are greater.”
The breakfast ceremony of the Egyptian family witnessed a wide participation of statesmen, ministers, public figures and others affiliated with the opposition, heads of political parties, members of the House of Representatives and Senate, and a number of journalists and media professionals.
Dialogue after crossing threats
In his reading of the launch of the inclusive political dialogue and its timing, the political and security expert and director of the Egyptian Center for Thought and Strategic Studies in Cairo, Brigadier General Khaled Okasha, says: “Today the political dialogue was launched, after the Egyptian state crossed all the threats and security risks, which it was putting in an exceptional case.”
He continued, in his speech to “Sky News Arabia”: “The completion of an important stage of imposing security and stability was the impetus for the political leadership to move at a steady pace to a new stage.”
Okasha explains: “Currently, there is a high degree of stability in the country, which allows for a return to discussing the political reform file, and opening the horizon and space for all political currents, which was reflected in the large presence of opposition figures, during which they exchanged a long conversation with the president.”
A number of opposition figures participated in the breakfast ceremony of the Egyptian family, including former presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi, director Khaled Youssef, head of the Egyptian Social Democratic Party Farid Zahran, head of the Karama Party Muhammad Sami, Representative Abdel Moneim Imam, head of the Justice Party, and journalist writer Khaled Dawoud. The former head of the Constitution Party, the opposition former Minister of Manpower Kamal Abu Eita, and the political activist Yasser Al-Hawari.
step in time
Okasha considers the call for a political dialogue “a step that came at a perfectly timely manner,” explaining: “There are great challenges due to the Russian-Ukrainian war, which casts a shadow over the whole world, which requires an expanded dialogue that includes all views and an exchange of views, and a discussion of the government’s future plan in The economic file, a file that will be on the agenda of the dialogue.
The Egyptian expert also believes that: “There is a desire to activate partisan work, to present new visions and ideas in these exceptional circumstances that the world and Egypt are going through, in addition to agreeing on a work agenda in the short and medium term, and for the government to work according to the results of this dialogue.”
quick party response
In a quick practical response to President Sisi’s call for political dialogue, the “Mustaqbal Watan” party, which has a parliamentary majority in Parliament, called on its deputies to work on implementing the president’s decisions and working on them.
In a statement, the party affirmed that it will continue to assume its responsibilities through its members in the two chambers of Parliament (Representatives and Senate) and its formations in the governorates, in implementing these decisions and working on them as a real step in building the new republic.
He stressed harnessing all his capabilities to contribute to activating the president’s decisions and cooperating with all official institutions, political parties and civil society organizations to achieve the vision of the political leadership, which aims to consolidate social stability and build the Egyptian person.
The head of the Wafd Party, Abdel Sanad Yamama, also announced that the party would present a working paper on the future of youth political work, especially since youth are the mainstay of any political movement in Egypt.
He pointed out that Egypt at the present time needs the various shades and currents of political action for the benefit of the country and the citizen.
The party welcomes the reactivation of the work of the presidential pardon committee that was formed as one of the outcomes of the National Youth Congress, and the expansion of the committee’s work base in cooperation with the competent agencies and civil society organizations.
Urgent need for dialogue
Mahmoud Sami, head of the Parliamentary Committee of the Egyptian Social Democratic Party, classified as one of the opposition parties, praised in an interview with “Sky News Arabia” the introduction of the political dialogue initiative.
He asserts: “There is an urgent need in the current period, and in light of the many challenges, to conduct such a national dialogue with all national political forces without discrimination or exception, saying:” The participation of the real opposition is required in light of the difficult economic situation linked to global changes.”
Sami says that “the initiative is a great opportunity for the parties, and the beginning of a great democratic and political breakthrough.”
He explains: “The initiative for political dialogue, and the remarkable presence of opposition figures in Tuesday’s ceremony, is an opening for the window of politics, and a step on the path to political reform in the country.”
He points out that the Egyptian Social Democratic Party was one of the first parties to call for such a political dialogue, indicating at the same time the party’s readiness for this dialogue.
pure national will
In turn, Representative Ayman Abul-Ela, head of the Parliamentary Committee of the Reform and Development Party in the House of Representatives, describes assigning the president to run a national dialogue between political forces, as “a very important step that helps determine the priorities of national action and inaugurates a new republic that accepts everyone and cannot spoil the dispute in The opinion of the country is an issue.
Abul-Ela explained that the decision to reactivate the work of the presidential pardon committee was timely, noting that the most important characteristic of the president’s decisions was that they came as a result of a real national will that does not accept external dictates.
As a trade unionist, the Journalists Syndicate welcomed all the decisions announced by President Sisi, with regard to the economic, social, developmental and political conditions, “which would push the march of the beloved country strides towards a better future for all categories of its honorable people.”
“President Al-Sisi’s call for a broad national political dialogue that includes the various spectrums of the political, union, civil and other sectors of society, on the basis of constitutional and legal legitimacy, is a qualitative leap in the political path of the Egyptian state,” said the Syndicate of Journalists Diaa Rashwan, in a statement received by Sky News. .
He considered that it “opens horizons for coexistence and harmony between all these spectra – agreement or disagreement – for the sake of Egypt and its great people.”
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