The following article is from www.nowabikhwan.com, an Egyptian online newspaper. It reports on a conference organized by the Muslim Brotherhood (a group in opposition to the Egyptian government) in mid-March on the state of the Egyptian economy. Several speakers are quoted, and one mentions bird flu as one aggravating factor. Wikipedia describes the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, but if you read that, look at the "talk page" too. There is a lot of disagreement about the nature of this group.
Bloc Dakahlia: Egypt on the verge of a famine!
Last update: 11:14 March 23, 2008
Witnessed Conference convened by the Muslim Brotherhood bloc Being under the title "high price problem and solution," clarification of many of the core issues that hit the Egyptian economy during the recent period, reversing the image of grinding economic crisis being experienced by the people through participation of citizens in the conference or through the words of speakers.
At the outset, said Ibrahim Abu Oaf (member of the parliamentary bloc of the Muslim Brotherhood Being member of the People's Assembly Housing Committee) that the high prices of real famine threatens the Egyptian people under continuous rise of food commodities, the loss of an important source of food and livestock after bird flu or because high prices and low returns from animal husbandry, as well as the slaughter of female animals.
This did not stop at this point; State lost its powers and control over everything; because of a marriage between power and wealth, and the suspicions many hovering around symbols of power and benefit from their positions for personal benefit.
He added that Abu Oaf situation, which we are more and more worse, afraid to invoke the rules of the Division for once, and became an unconscious eligibility, and we have to move through peaceful demonstrations and multiplexer and faxes and interventions space, and we must feel the greater concern even know that a failed and command has ended, we call for peaceful change and civilization, and reject any change hooligan, The fact is the system we have put all our interrogations by the end Turning to the agenda ..
I say to you with deputies who Antbkm people, and not with the regime that false to you, I had interviewed unemployment, the minister's response was that we have chosen the solution is difficult to stop appointments, and ended up moving to the agenda, we are in the People Nnan rock.
He alluded Abdel Halim Hilal (member of the parliamentary bloc of the Muslim Brotherhood) that all areas of society and the citizen disease in the economy many of which 800 billion domestic debt, and expenses 64 billion, one third of wages and salaries and bonuses, and the low savings rate, and to raise our savings rate of 10% must raise savings rate four times, I mean, 40% comes in light of the existence of a study that Tirileon 543 pounds of Egyptian businessmen invested outside Egypt, and the presence of the inability of the State Assembly Bmoanh 7 billion annually.
At dawn Hilal surprise when he spoke about Izz Iron and monopoly of the iron industry, said there is fraud on the public opinion in Egypt that the Izz plants produce 60% of the amount of iron produced in Egypt so as not to enter the list of monopolists, but the fact that factories Ezz monopolized industries by 100%; it possess a full range of production workshops which convert iron components Sponge iron to iron yen a monopoly on this stage by 100%.
As well as the cement industry, which are in Egypt since the early sixties, after the entry of foreigners to buy some shares and loss-making companies started price per ton fell from 140 pounds to 120 pounds, and continued foreign buying shares despite the losses, and then started to reap the gains even reached 450 pounds per ton .. While the real cost of not more than 170 pounds, and we lose price differential of cement daily 30 million pounds in a series of political and administrative corruption.
He ended his speech Hilal goal that the system would lead us to surrender or clash, and will not enable them to do so, but if the explosion occurred spend on the green and everybody in Egypt.
He returned Amer Al-Jazzar (economic expert) to a time when the Mamelukes solitary princes, and taken from their homes taxes, but now the 60% of the taxes received from employees and sales taxes.
Before the end of the conference attendees participated some impressive words reflected the internal economic situation, as the latest order, and told them of his experience with the nomination for the local elections and tragic situation and the obstacles set by the system to all candidates is to win by acclamation!! Participated in the conference Badr Eddin Al-Ashraf (member of the parliamentary bloc of the Muslim Brotherhood).
23/03/2008
Bloc Dakahlia: Egypt on the verge of a famine!
Last update: 11:14 March 23, 2008
Witnessed Conference convened by the Muslim Brotherhood bloc Being under the title "high price problem and solution," clarification of many of the core issues that hit the Egyptian economy during the recent period, reversing the image of grinding economic crisis being experienced by the people through participation of citizens in the conference or through the words of speakers.
At the outset, said Ibrahim Abu Oaf (member of the parliamentary bloc of the Muslim Brotherhood Being member of the People's Assembly Housing Committee) that the high prices of real famine threatens the Egyptian people under continuous rise of food commodities, the loss of an important source of food and livestock after bird flu or because high prices and low returns from animal husbandry, as well as the slaughter of female animals.
This did not stop at this point; State lost its powers and control over everything; because of a marriage between power and wealth, and the suspicions many hovering around symbols of power and benefit from their positions for personal benefit.
He added that Abu Oaf situation, which we are more and more worse, afraid to invoke the rules of the Division for once, and became an unconscious eligibility, and we have to move through peaceful demonstrations and multiplexer and faxes and interventions space, and we must feel the greater concern even know that a failed and command has ended, we call for peaceful change and civilization, and reject any change hooligan, The fact is the system we have put all our interrogations by the end Turning to the agenda ..
I say to you with deputies who Antbkm people, and not with the regime that false to you, I had interviewed unemployment, the minister's response was that we have chosen the solution is difficult to stop appointments, and ended up moving to the agenda, we are in the People Nnan rock.
He alluded Abdel Halim Hilal (member of the parliamentary bloc of the Muslim Brotherhood) that all areas of society and the citizen disease in the economy many of which 800 billion domestic debt, and expenses 64 billion, one third of wages and salaries and bonuses, and the low savings rate, and to raise our savings rate of 10% must raise savings rate four times, I mean, 40% comes in light of the existence of a study that Tirileon 543 pounds of Egyptian businessmen invested outside Egypt, and the presence of the inability of the State Assembly Bmoanh 7 billion annually.
At dawn Hilal surprise when he spoke about Izz Iron and monopoly of the iron industry, said there is fraud on the public opinion in Egypt that the Izz plants produce 60% of the amount of iron produced in Egypt so as not to enter the list of monopolists, but the fact that factories Ezz monopolized industries by 100%; it possess a full range of production workshops which convert iron components Sponge iron to iron yen a monopoly on this stage by 100%.
As well as the cement industry, which are in Egypt since the early sixties, after the entry of foreigners to buy some shares and loss-making companies started price per ton fell from 140 pounds to 120 pounds, and continued foreign buying shares despite the losses, and then started to reap the gains even reached 450 pounds per ton .. While the real cost of not more than 170 pounds, and we lose price differential of cement daily 30 million pounds in a series of political and administrative corruption.
He ended his speech Hilal goal that the system would lead us to surrender or clash, and will not enable them to do so, but if the explosion occurred spend on the green and everybody in Egypt.
He returned Amer Al-Jazzar (economic expert) to a time when the Mamelukes solitary princes, and taken from their homes taxes, but now the 60% of the taxes received from employees and sales taxes.
Before the end of the conference attendees participated some impressive words reflected the internal economic situation, as the latest order, and told them of his experience with the nomination for the local elections and tragic situation and the obstacles set by the system to all candidates is to win by acclamation!! Participated in the conference Badr Eddin Al-Ashraf (member of the parliamentary bloc of the Muslim Brotherhood).
23/03/2008