President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi attends 4th National Youth Conference in Alexandria
CAIRO – 24 July 2017: Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi inaugurated the fourth round of the National Youth Conference (NYC) on Monday in Alexandria governorate, on the Mediterranean Sea. The conference gathers over a thousand youth as well as a number of ministers, parliamentarians and state officials.
The round is scheduled to last until Tuesday. The National Youth Conference is scheduled to kick off every three months as decided previously by the president during its launch in October 2016, when the first conference took place in Sharm El-Sheikh.
A session titles “Ask the President” allowing citizens to direct their inquiries to the President has begun.
The “Ask the President” application was launched during the third round of the conference held in April. The application is available on the website of the National Youth Conference (NYC). All users can register using their Facebook or Twitter account and their email.
Here is a live update compiled by Egypt Today about the session:
22:13 Companies do not have the capacities to keep pace with what we want to achieve.
22:12 We will resolve that crises. We are doing something on the Mediterranean that no one else has done, and we will secure it very well.
22:10 The tourism industry prospers when security stability is established for very long years and not just five or seven years.
22:08 The government is conducting social dialogues before making any decisions or taking any measures.
22:05 As for allowing fans to attend matches, the ministries of interior and youth and sports have to be certain that there is no painful accidents would occur.
22:04 I want the reserves of foreign currencies to be $350 billion to be satisfied and not $35 billion.
22:02 All terror attacks including those on Christians are attempts to weaken your morals. Be careful, you should report any suspicious thing.
22:09 We have to increase the products to fulfill the citizens’ needs.
22:30 There are loopholes in the marketing course between farmers, merchants and citizens
22:31 The government plans to provide million cattle in Egypt.
22:33 The government will build cities according to the known architectural rules.
21:50 – Sisi addressed Egyptians on voting in elections, saying "never underestimate the value of your vote for your country. Show the world your choice"
21:47 – Sisi: Teachers should value their role in building the future in the country by building our children and not just focus on their little earnings.
21:46 – Sisi: We were not able to raise wages or further expand in public hospitals and schools because we are confined by limited resources.
21:44 – Sisi: I never get upset from people’s reactions on government’s measures but I want them to understand them correctly. I like perfection.
21:42 – Sisi: I am ordering the Housing Minister to reach saturation in terms of social housing.
21:40 – Sisi: Buildings violations occur also in upper class areas.
21:37 – Sisi: We do not have any funding crisis for mega projects, but we need planning.
El Waraq Island:
21:36 – Sisi: Squatters should not favor their personal interests over the public’s interests. We will not allow any breach of state’s sovereignty.
21:32 – Sisi: We need LE 200 billion to restore Manzala Lake after it was deteriorated because of encroachments.
21:30 – Sisi: In some countries, you cannot remove a tree without the state’s approval, but here people question me when I respect the rule of law in restoring state-owned lands from squatters.
21:29 – Sisi: Citizens who own lands or properties shall be compensated according to law and constitution if revoked from them but what if you own an agricultural land that you built on it?
21:28 – Sisi: Where would the wastewater go if all 1,400 feddans of Waraq were occupied by buildings? The Nile causes a lot of pollution.
21:26 – Sisi received questions regarding last week’s police crackdown on squatted lands on Cairo’s El-Warraq Island. He stated that a total of 160 million square meters of state-owned land have encroachments.
21:23 – Sisi said that million citizens living in dangerous areas (slums) across the country, promising to eliminate these areas by June 30, 2018.
21:19 – Sisi: We have carried out projects of LE 1.2 trillion including housing, transportation, roads, and cities mapping.
21:17 - Sisi: We have been building bridges that complement the transportation networks, such as Mansoura Bridge that had cost LE 2 billion.
Social Security Network
21:14 – Sisi: We had been suffering from Hepatitis C with hundreds of thousands on treatment waiting lists. Now, almost all patients received or are receiving treatment. All army conscripts are receiving treatment from any diseases they might be suffering from.
21:13 – Sisi: One of the government’s greatest achievements is ending electricity cuts, which had a negative impact on hospitals and workshops and factories mainly.
21:11 – Sisi: We are developing the database to channel subsidies for those who deserve it.
21:10 – Sisi: The government has been working on setting a correct database for two years to make accurate decisions.
21:09 – Sisi: We ensure that the mechanisms used in reforms would be the most successful to meet targets.
21:09 – Sisi: We are doing reforms gradually to not pressure citizens.
21:06 – Sisi: Some national projects are executed under the supervision of the army but by civil companies.
21:05- Sisi: The state has to create jobs for three million.
21:04 - Sisi: 1.7 million citizens are included in Takaful and Karama program.
21:01 - Sisi: Seventy-five million have supply subsidies card.
21:00 - Sisi: Was there an alternative to the reforms measures we have conducted?
20:58 – Sisi: Europe would not experience stability if terrorism is not controlled.
Fighting terrorism
20:54 – Sisi: We are in Egypt fighting extremist thoughts that are compatible with life. It is impossible that God would create a religion that goes against prosperity on earth.
20:53 – Sisi: I am calling on Egyptian people to raise their children well on tolerance advocated by religion.
20:51 – Sisi: All different terrorist groups represent the same “extremist” ideology.
20:50 – Sisi: We were very annoyed when Ethiopia and Sudan claimed our state is intervening in their internal affairs as that is against our policies. The intervention in internal affairs has caused instability in the region.
20:49 – Sisi: The intervention in states’ internal affairs and support for terrorist groups incurred the spread of terror worldwide.
20:46 – Sisi says he is “grateful and happy” for Egyptians help and support.
20:45 - Ask the President session kicks off.
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