MP: Government ignores Egyptian citizen

Egyptian parliamentarian Basant Fahmy accused Egypt’s government of irresponsibility due to the economic measures taken against the Egyptian citizens during the recent period, saying that the government failed to achieve any improvement in the daily life of the Egyptian citizen since it took the responsibility.

She added, in a statement to “Al Maghrib Today”, that the Egyptian citizens face increasing problems on both social and economic levels, while the government and other executive officials focus on executing specific agendas that are not related to the life of the Egyptian people. She stressed that the government failed to achieve any progress regarding the economic position of the Egyptian people.

The Egyptian parliamentarian praised the performance of the government in dealing with the foreign relation with the other countries, saying that the Egyptian government managed to achieve notable success to restore relations with the U.S and to impose its vision in a number of international issues, including the Syrian crisis, Yemeni conflict and Iraqi developments.

However, she said, the government failed to achieve the same regarding the economic issue, blaming the government for the current economic problems facing the Egyptian citizens during the current period. She warned of the repercussions of the current situation, saying that the government should work seriously to find serious solutions for the current crisis.

She added that, re-running suspended factories and small workshops will be a great help in developing the industrial sector, establishing a high value and increasing exports’ rate. She said that the division is working to increase the local material in industries especially in cars, to reduce the dollar consumption, and there has been a great cooperation to achieve this idea.

She said that, the decision to increase fees on scrap paper and aluminum scrap is late but good in order to preserve the raw materials and use them in local industries instead of importing them, adding that this increase in fees came on requests from industrial chambers, but it was recently approved. He added that, the decision didn’t indicate how long this increase will last or what is its impact, stressing that, the smuggling operations of these scraps need to be stopped.