Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly will visit parliament on Monday to deliver a statement on the implementation of his government’s two-year-old “Egypt Kicks Off” programme, parliamentary sources announced on Sunday.
Sources said Prime Minister Madbouly’s visit comes after Parliament Speaker Hanafi Gibali announced on Sunday that the house decided to summon Madbouly and other cabinet ministers to deliver statements and respond to questions on the implementation of the so-called “Egypt Kicks Off” programme.
Sources also said that the Ministers of Local Development, and Supply and Internal Trade, Mahmoud Shaarawi and Ali Al-Moselhi respectively, are also expected to appear at the parliament on Monday to deliver statements on the implementation of the programme.
Minister of Higher Education Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar and Minister of Information Osama Heikal will also come on Tuesday, to explain the role of their ministries in implementing the “Egypt Kicks Off” programme.
Minister of Education Tarek Shawki and Minister of International Cooperation Rania El-Mashat will make an appearance to deliver statements on Wednesday.
Minister of Youth and Sports Ashraf Sobhi and Minister of Public Enterprise Hesham Tawfik will deliver statements are expected to deliver their own statements on Thursday.
Speaker Gibali indicated that all cabinet ministers will be at the parliament to explain the role of their ministries in implementing the “Egypt Kicks Off” programme. “Two cabinet ministers will come per day to deliver statements on the programme,” said Gibali.
On Sunday, Gibali recalled that in July 2018 the government of Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly delivered its policy statement before parliament, vowing to implement the “Egypt Kicks Off” programme.
“This programme opened the doors for the government to win the confidence of parliament, but after two years, the parliament’s general committee noted that the implementation of the programme fell short of expectations and is full of shortcomings and negative points,” said Gibali.
Gibali also indicated that the summoning of the Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, was in line with Article 136 of the country’s constitution, as well as articles 26 and 27 of the parliament’s internal bylaws.
“In its review of the Egypt Kicks Off programme between July 2018 and June 2020 and how much the government is committed to implementing it, the committee noted that there are many shortcomings and negative points, and so it recommends that the prime minister and other concerned cabinet ministers be summoned to attend a number of sessions to answer questions on the progress of the implementation of the programme,” the parliament’s general committee said.
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madboulyin 2018, delivered the ‘Egypt Kicks Off’ programme before parliament, one month after the cabinet’s appointment.
Madbouly vowed at the time that the government would boost economic development in Egypt, reinforce Egypt’s national security, implement intensive social protection programmes, raise productivity rates, and improve the standard of living of poor citizens.
Madbouly said, “we will create a job for every poor citizen as long as he is able to work, but if he is living below the poverty line and it’s hard for him to work, we will do our best to take care of him.”