SEE – July 26th : The people's assembly on Wednesday granted the newly appointed government led by Mostafa Madbouli a vote of confidence, wishing it success in implementing its policy statement to achieve the best interests of Egyptians.
MENA quoted Speaker Ali Abdel Aal asserting the necessity of the government putting into effect the planned executive programs to move from the phase of "stabilizing the state" to the phase of "bearing the fruits".
He also extended thanks for the ad-hoc committee which was assigned to make a comprehensive report on the government's policy statement, noting that all the lawmakers with their various orientations have been united on floating proposals and solutions that take into consideration improving the living standards of the Egyptian citizens.
The parliamentary committee's report called for the need to increase preemptive strikes against terror and to tighten security on borders.
The committee also called for the need to complete the surveillance cameras system, confront propaganda by terrorist groups and prevent terrorists from making use of information technology, asserting full support to President Abdel Fatah el-Sisi's rational and sound management of the Millennium Dam file with the aim of reaching water security.
Protecting water resources is one of the most important issues facing Egypt as some 96% of these resources come from outside the Egyptian borders, the committee asserted in its report as well as Egypt does not stand against any development project in any of its fellow Nile Basin countries but seeks to help these countries as long as their projects do not harm it and its water resources particularly the Rive Nile, it reported.
Egypt should play a pioneering role at the regional, Arab and international levels through balanced international relations, the committee said, explaining that foreign policy is one of the basic elements in reaching national security.
The committee asserted rejection of all Israeli measures that aim to Judaize the holy city of Jerusalem and stressed that Libya is part of Egypt's national security. The committee welcomed the government's vision as regards settling the Syrian crisis politically and welcomed its stand toward the Yemeni crisis and the continued support to the Gulf security.
It praised the "building the Egyptian human being" axis in the policy statement which depends on four executive programs aimed at exerting efforts to enhance the cultural identity of the Egyptian citizen.
The committee recommended activating the role played by cultural institutions, media awareness programs on cultural values and heritage, spreading the culture of science and innovation, developing children's culture and enhancing the education system and scientific research.
The committee recommended that Egypt becomes a hub for marketing petroleum products and developing the mineral wealth sector with the aim of increasing the state revenues.
It praised the policy statement as regards increasing tax revenues to reach 1.160 trillion Egyptian pounds by 2022 after the government has presented a sub program on improving tax collection, digitizing government services at real estate tax and customs authorities and improving the system of collecting general taxes.
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