Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad, announced on Saturday afternoon that the ministerial committee tasked with drafting the ministerial statement will continue its work next week and intensify its sessions to finalize the cabinet's statement.
"The Ministerial Committee tasked with drafting the ministerial statement resumed its meetings, headed by Prime Minister Hassan Diab, in its third session on Saturday, after holding two consecutive sessions yesterday that extended until 8:00 p.m.," said Abdel Samad.
"In today's meeting, PM Diab commended the spirit prevailing among the Committee members, the vitality of the discussions and the substantive suggestions made during the sessions, while calling for intensifying the sessions to complete the statement as soon as possible," she added.
Abdel Samad indicated that the Committee heard a briefing at the beginning of today's session by Finance Ministry Director General Alain Bifani on the country's financial status, after which it continued with discussing the ministerial statement's content and approved the structure of a number of items.
In response to a question, the Information Minister said: "We are currently in the process of developing the first draft of the ministerial statement, which relates to the economy and other issues, and it is certain that this is one of the priorities of the government's work."
Asked whether the government's statement will differ from the statements of previous cabinets on challenging political issues, the Minister reiterated that the Committee is still in the discussion stage, "and therefore we cannot discuss the final decision as long as it has not yet been taken." She added: "We are still in the first proposal phase, but as a matter of fact we give priority to these issues."
Abdel Samad disclosed that the Committee members will continue to work till a late hour today, and will resume their meeting upcoming Monday. "At this speed, the statement is supposed to be issued soon," she asserted.
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