Stay Tuned: Egypt’s Cabinet Reshuffle to be Announced Wednesday

Egypt is set to see a large-scale cabinet reshuffle of at least 10 ministers of Moustafa Madbouly’s government this week, specifically on Wednesday, parliamentary sources told: “SEE”.

In statements, MP Mohamed Abdel Ghani said that the reshuffle comes, at this specific time, in response to people's sense of dissatisfaction with the performance of the government, and the lack of a clear improvement in the living standards of most citizens.

He anticipated changes to ministries of supply, health, finance, trade and industry, planning, housing, higher education, local development, education, and social solidarity.

In an interview with TV anchor Ahmed Mousa’s talk show “Ala Masoulity” On my responsibility, journalist Yasser Rizk, chairman of the state-owned Al-Akhbar daily, said that the prime minister Madbouly will remain in office along with ministers of Electricity, Endowments, Planning.

According to parliamentary sources, the General Intelligence Service and Administrative Control Authority summoned a number of current ministers over the past two weeks to discuss what they have accomplished since their appointment.

It is noteworthy the government previously received a vote of confidence from parliament in July 2018.

Head of the budget and planning parliamentary committee, Hussein Eissa, said that the government had done a great job over the past 15 months in financial and economic terms.

He added that a big number of MPs have strong reservations about the performance of some cabinet ministers and the role of the government in protecting Egyptians with limited incomes from the impact of the IMF-inspired economic reform program.

There are reports that a cabinet reshuffle is imminent; MP Mostafa Bakri said that a reshuffle will be announced following President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi’s return from his visit to Germany.

He pointed out that a number of service sector ministers are expected to leave the government,” said Bakri, adding that “the new names of the ministers will be sent to parliament to be put up for a vote, in line with the constitution.