«بكينى أو بوركينى مش هتفرق»..ماذا حدث يوم «عيد التنسيقية» بمجلس الشيوخ ؟«صور»

On Sunday, the Senate’s plenary session witnessed the council’s final approval of the development plan 2022-2023, amid continuing to listen to the members’ views and ideas on it, as Representative Alaa Mustafa called for the importance of paying attention to the digital transformation file and increasing financial allocations on information and communication technology, while Representative Mahmoud Sami reserved, about The Egyptian Democratic Party regarding the financial allocations to the governorates and the share of each individual in these governorates in the financial allocations.

Long live Egypt

The session witnessed the participation of Dr. Ahmed Kamali, Advisor to the Minister of Planning and Economic Development for Planning and Follow-up Affairs, where the government is committed to rationalizing government spending, noting that there is a decision by the Prime Minister based on the proposal of the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development to stop the expenses of passenger cars for officials, pointing out that cars Ambulance and the police are excluded from this decision, as Kamali indicated, to the growth of investments in Upper Egypt, explaining that the percentage of investments directed to Upper Egypt is about 13% of the total investments.

He stressed that there is a decrease in unemployment rates, noting that it decreased from 7.4% to 7.2% within a year, saying: “At the same time, the government and the ministry focus on providing decent job opportunities in return for good money, and there is great interest in the sectors of agriculture, manufacturing, communications and information technology.” .

The advisor to the Minister of Planning and Economic Development also drew attention to the importance of economic empowerment of Egyptian women, explaining that women’s participation in the labor market is low, at 16%, saying: “One of the most important objectives of the Egyptian Family Development Program is to advance and improve women’s economic empowerment through economic and social policies.”

“A bikini or a burkini will not separate.” What happened in the Senate today?

The session was congratulated Counselor Abdel Wahhab Abdel Razek, President of the Senate, Representatives of the Coordination of Youth Parties and Politicians in the Council, passed 4 years since the establishment of the Coordination. In his speech at the plenary session, Abdel Razek said that the coordination affected political life with youth cadres who held executive positions, and affected political and parliamentary life.

Representative Akmal Najati, Secretary of the Senate Economic Committee for the Coordination of Youth of Parties and Politicians, thanked the Speaker of the Council, Counselor Abdel Wahab Abdel Razek, for his keenness to congratulate the Coordination, saying: “A medal on our chest.”

Also, Representative Akmal Najati, Secretary of the Senate Economic Committee, thanked the heads of parties and parliamentary bodies for their support of the coordination with youth cadres at the highest level. He added that the parties are still “the mainstay of the entity”, which contributed to supporting the diversity and richness of dialogue within the coordination and Egypt in general.

Representative Alaa Mustafa, a member of the Senate for the Coordination of Youth of Parties and Politicians, thanked the deputies and members of the Coordination on the occasion of its fourth founding anniversary, and Representative Mohamed El Sebaei, Undersecretary of the Agriculture and Irrigation Committee in the Senate for the Coordination of Youth Parties and Politicians, thanked Counselor Abdel Wahab Abdel Razek, President of the Senate. For his continuous support for the coordination deputies in the council, Al-Sibai added, “We pray to God that we will be up to the confidence and responsibility that was granted to us.”

Representative Mahmoud al-Qat, Secretary of the Culture and Tourism Committee, from the Coordination of Young Parties and Politicians in the Senate, thanked President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his assistant team for his adoption and special sponsorship of the “coordination”. Politicians are all working for the homeland, and we hope that God will help us and we will be up to the responsibility.”

The qualitative committee and the proposals of the deputies

In the Agriculture Committee, the Committee continued to discuss the request for general discussion regarding legalizing the ownership of agricultural lands in the General Authority for Reconstruction and Agricultural Development Projects and facilitating its registration through the authority and the speedy completion of all necessary approvals from all “one-stop” parties, in the presence of Eng. Tariq Al-Taweel, Vice President of the National Center for Planning Uses State lands, where it was emphasized the importance of benefiting from the experience of the New Urban Communities Authority, and the procedures for announcing its new lands and projects.

The committee also valued the experience of the New Valley Governorate in dealing with new lands, as they are easily allocated, announcing that Major General Mohamed Al-Zamlot, Governor of the New Valley, will be invited to listen to his experience in that file, and confirmed that it will prepare its report on the problem of legalizing and registering agricultural lands, including recommendations after All recommendations and suggestions are collected from members.

Filling the shortfall in the number of teachers in public schoolsEducation Committee

The Education Committee discussed the proposal submitted by Representative Ragia El-Feki, a member of the Senate for the Coordination of Youth of Parties and Politicians, regarding “rehabilitation of students in faculties of education in public universities in the third and fourth phases to fill the shortfall in the number of teachers in public schools.”

Representative Ragia El-Fiqi called for preparing a database for students and classifying them according to the fields required by the Ministry of Education, and concluding contracts for them with the ministry to work in public and official schools at a wage suitable for the labor market, while preparing programs for field training and conducting a campaign to measure impact, performance and development.

For his part, Dr. Nabil Dabis stressed that the idea is distinct and entrusts the matter to specialists while giving hope to young people in decent job opportunities and in their appropriate specialties, and said that the return of training for students of the third and fourth teams is very important to prepare a distinguished teacher, an expert and experienced in the educational process. The Chairman of the Senate Education and Scientific Research Committee announced the committee’s approval of the proposal submitted by Representative Ragia El-Feki, regarding “rehabilitating students in faculties of education in government universities in the third and fourth stages to fill the shortfall in the number of teachers in public schools.”

The Senate’s Committee on Education, Scientific Research, Communications and Information Technology recommended the formation of a committee from the Ministries of Education, Higher Education and Scientific Research, to count the number of students registered in faculties of education in all Egyptian universities, especially those in the third and fourth grades, as well as identifying the shortage of teachers and their specializations and the existing weaknesses that need to be developed In some curricula such as computers and the use of educational platforms and languages.

The committee also recommended the preparation of a cooperation protocol with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology to prepare and raise the efficiency of the programs allocated to the faculties of education, to be offered to them as a training grant and to raise their competence in languages ​​through accredited cultural centers, to be a nucleus for teaching and filling the deficit during their scientific training period in schools during their studies in the third and fourth year, while working Through a protocol with the National Training Academy to prepare students of education through specialized programs in management sciences and business skills.

African Affairs and African Youth Committee

The committee met to take an opinion on the report of the proposal with the desire of Representative Amr Ezzat Hajjaj, a member of the Senate for the Coordination of Youth Parties and Politicians, on “African youth and its role in promoting development among African countries.” Effat El-Sadat, Chairman of the Committee, announced the approval of the Foreign and Arab Affairs Committee on the proposal submitted by the Deputy Coordination Committee on “African youth and its role in promoting development among African countries”, after the approval of government agencies.

The proposal indicates the desire of Representative Amr Ezzat, a member of the coordination, to the need to strengthen Egyptian tools for communication with the countries of the African continent, in implementation of the national strategy based on restoring African influence and cooperation, explaining a number of economic, social, cultural and political challenges facing the countries of the continent, including bureaucracy and tribal conflicts. and extremism.

The deputy coordination stressed the need for the government to speed up the implementation of presidential directives in enhancing cooperation, communication and training for all African youth in the Egyptian state institutions. In the previous meeting, the committee had recommended the necessity of establishing faculties of African studies in Egyptian universities, and the continuity of the Arab-African Forum, as it was in its first version, to enhance Egyptian leadership. It also recommended the need to create departments for African languages ​​in the faculties of arts and education in Egyptian universities, and the committee included these recommendations in the report that it will present to the council for approval.

Culture and Media Committee

The committee recommended the General Authority for New Urban Communities to circulate a circular to all touristic authorities and villages in the North Coast, Ain Sukhna and other places affiliated with the authority regarding the rules and regulations for going to swimming pools, taking into account the personal freedoms guaranteed by the Egyptian constitution.

The committee also confirmed that it is ready to receive all complaints from citizens during the summer season in this regard and to move to resolve them in coordination and cooperation with the concerned authorities at the Ministry of Tourism, the New Urban Communities Authority and the Tourism Development Authority.

For his part, Representative Ahmed El-Kenawy, who presented the proposal with desire, said that any citizen has the right to wear the appropriate dress for him and his beliefs as long as it does not affect the freedom of others, noting that the “burkini” has become a global phenomenon, saying: “Specific rules must be set for wearing clothes in swimming pools.” Pointing out that the Ministry of Tourism has taken steps in this regard and issued directives to its hotels, noting that there are other facilities that are not affiliated with the Ministry of Tourism, including, for example, the villages in the North Coast and Ain Sukhna, which are affiliated with the New Urban Communities Authority, explaining that some places prevent veiled women from entering parties from the ground up in violation of the constitution, which guarantees personal freedom, which he considered a derogation from the rights of citizens.

In turn, the engineer, Iman Nabil Kamel, representative of the New Urban Communities Authority in the committee meeting, confirmed that the authority did not receive any complaints in this regard, explaining that there are no instructions from the authority regarding swimwear in the villages affiliated with the authority, asking members of the Senate to provide the authority with the necessary data. To address this matter, she confirmed that a circular will be drafted to be circulated to all tourist villages.

In the same context, Alaa Abdel Shafi, representative of the General Authority for Tourism Development, confirmed that the issue of wearing a “burkini” or “bikini” is a personal freedom as long as it is not related to affecting the health of others or harming the environment, explaining that some contracts in some tourist villages, which are signed between Owners and tourism development companies stipulate wearing a certain dress in swimming pools, saying: “When we receive complaints in this regard, we act immediately. We have no problem with the burkini, and this is a matter of personal freedom.”

In turn, Representative Imad El-Din Hussein, a member of the Senate, said: “We must achieve balance, implement regulations and laws, and confront extremism in all its forms so that we do not witness extremism and extremism similar to ISIS extremism, for example. The constitution, law, and health and environmental controls.” Representative Soha Saeed, Undersecretary of the Culture, Tourism, Antiquities and Media Committee in the Senate, proposed setting penalties and penalties for violating the instructions and controls related to wearing swimwear in the tourist villages of the New Urban Communities Authority, especially in the northern coast and Ain Sukhna, in accordance with Egyptian customs and traditions. .