Saturday, 19 March 2016

Cabinet Reshuffle in Egypt





Talk of a government reshuffle has intensified recently. Sources indicate the reshuffle would take place before the government presents its programme to the House of Representatives on March 27th.

The reshuffle now is first of all, to calm the anger of many MPs who will voice their condemnation of the cabinet when it presents its program to parliament.. Secondly, it comes in response to the growing rejection of political forces and civil society to the performance of some ministers.” said Yusry Gharabawy, Akhbar Center for Political Studies.

The upcoming reshuffle is likely to include 7 ministers, three of them from the economic team. Though some fear a change in the economic group could worry investors, others say it will be a step in the right direction.
“There are many problems concerning investors that have not been solved by the economic team and remain the same. They completely failed to make use of the sharm el sheikh economic conference, especially that a large number of MOUs have not been translated into contracts or work on the ground ” said Yusry Gharabawy, Akhbar Center for Political Studies.

But its not only the parliament and civil society who are disappointed with the government , many of the Egyptians are demanding concrete results from the current ministers.

The State of the economy is the main concern for Egyptians.

"The current government has done nothing, It looks like dead, nothing has improved. I hope there’s a reshuffle soon..for the sake of the people ” said Magdy El Mazny, Cairo Resident.

"People are tired and the government should meet our needs. The food is more expensive, prices have increased while salaries and insurance is too little. The government must focus more on improving the economic situation of the people” said Gamal el Sayed, Cairo Resident.

There has been no official reaction so far ….but speculation is rife….and its no longer a matter of if, but when the axe will fall.