2023-06-19 19:14:05
The State Information Service in Egypt, a government body affiliated with the presidency, accused the British magazine The Economist of publishing “lies” and “fallacies” and relying on “unknown sources” in a report that dealt with the situation in Egypt during the era of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.
The Egyptian government’s accusations relate to the magazine With a report to the magazineIssued on June 16, on the difficult living conditions in the country due to the depreciation of the currency and the high value of inflation, but also indicated that Sisi “implemented many promises” following assuming power.
The SIS was allocated detailed statement With her remarks, she said that she had summoned the magazine’s reporter to hand him a “letter of protest once morest what was stated in the report”, which she described as “negative”, and called on the magazine “to be objective and impartial… and to return to the concerned authorities to take all opinions and points of view into account.”
She said that the author of the report “appointed himself expressing the will of the Egyptian people and speaking on their behalf” by using “vague general expressions such as his talk regarding: Most Egyptians see, Egyptians fear.”
The authority criticized the indication that the rate of food inflation in Egypt is 60 percent, “without mentioning any source for this percentage, that half of Egyptians are poor, that Gulf aid to Egypt is $100 billion, that the cost of the administrative capital is $58 billion, and the cost of railways is $23 billion.”
The text of the report indicates that the Gulf states have provided “soft loans, grants and cheap fuel by regarding $100 billion since Sisi came to power,” but recently, instead of providing aid, these countries have embarked on acquisitions.
Egypt accused the magazine of adopting many anonymous sources, such as a “retired bank manager,” whose name it did not mention, who said that Sisi “killed our president (meaning former President Mohamed Morsi).” The Egyptian Authority said: “Here the writer exposed the source who tried to hide his affiliation previously. He is my brothers from the terrorist group.”
The magazine’s report stated that following assuming power, Sisi “built the second Suez Canal, 20 new cities, railways at a cost of $23 billion, hundreds of bridges and a shiny new capital on the outskirts of Cairo at a cost of $58 billion.”
“Food price inflation has reached 60 percent,” she added, quoting the retired bank manager as saying, “We cannot eat bridges.”
But the magazine’s report said that Sisi “fulfilled much of what he promised,” such as building a high-speed train line that would extend from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea, reducing red tape and traffic jams, and increasing penalties for female genital mutilation.
The Egyptian government agency criticized what came in the magazine’s report, on the grounds that Sisi “supported the reform of Quranic principles that would give women half the share of men’s inheritance,” and that “foreign investors withdrew $20 billion in the first nine months of last year due to waning confidence.” business environment, which led to capital flight.
The SIS spoke of “inaccuracies in repeating the false claim that there are 60,000 prisoners for political reasons.”
She said that the most outrageous allegations were reported that “Egypt may even have to submit a lease for the Suez Canal for a period of 99 years” in order to advance the economy.
The statement criticized the names of candidates for the presidential elections.
The original text of the magazine read: “If Gamal Mubarak, son of the late President (Hosni Mubarak), is allowed to stand once morest him, Sisi will lose. Others are promoting Hazem Abu Ismail, an Islamist in prison. Football fans half-seriously suggest Mohamed Salah (professional football star) In England). Even Ahmed Fouad, 71, son of the late King Farouk, resides in Switzerland and speaks Arabic with difficulty.
The SIS statement criticized the description of the national dialogue as an “old trick”, that “the participants were carefully selected” and that it was “merely a charade”, that the talk available to the participants was “a few minutes”, and that bodies such as the “Brotherhood” were excluded.
It is worth noting that the magazine’s report also touched on Sisi’s “distrust of his generals,” noting that he “takes turns regularly switching positions… and may wish to rein in the ambition of Mahmoud Hegazy,” the former head of military intelligence, who is the Egyptian president’s son-in-law.
The magazine said that there is a belief that “Sisi sleeps in a different place every night. He has enough beautiful homes to choose from.”
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