President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s interview with the editors of national newspapers was the highlight of the airwaves last night.

Yahduth fi Misr’s Sherif Amer picked up the headlines, saying that El Sisi reportedly promised more tax exemptions next year and said that food subsidy allocations were weeks away from being doubled. The president also said he would release a detailed statement of account next year to compare Egypt’s figures now against those from when he assumed office and assess how much has been achieved.

On Kol Youm, Amr Adib spoke to Al Akhbar newspaper editor-in-chief Yasser Rezk about the interview, in which El Sisi reportedly told the press that he was going to leave the decision of whether or not he should run for a second term up to the people. Rezk also told Adib that El Sisi said he hopes to see presidents hand over power in Egypt in the same way as happens in France (watch, runtime: 16:26).

Adib also aired a report about Al Araby Group’s newly launched washing machine factory (watch, runtime: 1:52), which officially makes us supersaturated when it comes to news of this particular factory, which the company’s PR flacks have ensured has been in the news all week.

Masaa’ DMC’s Osama Kamal spoke with Social Solidarity Minister Ghada Wali about the last two years of cash subsidy programs Takaful and Karama, which Wali said incorporate some 100k new families each month (watch, runtime: 4:14).

Over on Hona Al Asema, Wali joined Lamees Al Hadidi to talk about the future of state welfare programs. Wali said that her ministry is devising new strategies to provide the neediest people with the necessary support and will submit a report so the cabinet and presidency soon (watch, runtime: 7:23).

Lamees also spoke to the Secretary General of the Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce Alaa Ezz about Ramadan food expos, at which food makers can sell their products directly to consumers at a discount of up to 30% (watch, runtime: 5:43).

Former Interior Minister Habib El Adly was also on the agenda last night. MP Mostafa Bakry told Lamees that he submitted a formal inquiry to Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar about El Adly’s alleged disappearance and said that official sources told him that “special efforts” were being employed to arrest him (watch, runtime: 4:18).

Lawyer Mohamed El Gendy, who claims to be on El Adly’s defense team, told Lamees that he was unaware of El Adly’s whereabouts and was surprised when the ex-interior minister was absent from his hearing at the Court of Cassation earlier this week (watch, runtime: 5:21). High-profile criminal defense attorney Farid El Deeb, who represented former president Hosni Mubarak, had earlier told Al Masry Al Youm that (a) he is El Adly’s lawyer; (b) El Adly is in hospital, not on the run; and that (c) he is still pursuing El Adly’s appeal to the Court of Cassation, the nation’s highest appeals court, against a seven-year sentence for corruption.