A slow night on the airwaves to match a slow night in the news
The airwaves were as slow as the rest of the news last night, leaving the talking heads with little to discuss.
Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly has formed a committee to amend the controversial NGOs Act, as per President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s order earlier this month, Masaa DMC’s Osama Kamal and Yahduth fi Masr’s Sherif Amer noted (watch, runtime: 1:31 and runtime: 1:12). The committee includes representatives from the foreign, justice, and social solidarity ministries, as well as NGOs, Cabinet spokesman Nader Saad told Al Hayah Al Youm (watch, runtime: 10:16). Al Shorouk’s Editor-in-Chief Emad El Din Hussein was full of praise for the decision to amend the law, saying it was the most important outcome from the World Youth Forum. He also stressed that the amended law must strike a balance between security concerns and allowing for flexibility with developmental NGOs (watch, runtime: 8:07).
Hussein seemed to be suffering from World Youth Forum withdrawal, which he remedied by discussing the forum’s pros and cons (spoiler alert: there were no cons) (watch, runtime: 8:07).
El Sisi and Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly will be meeting with individual governors this month to follow up on provincial-level plans, Cabinet’s Nader Saad said on Al Hayah Al Youm. Cabinet is also looking into potentially arranging regular meetings with media personnel, he said (watch, runtime: 10:16).
Egypt securing a seat in the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) was ICT Minister Amr Talaat’s main talking point on Masaa DMC, where he discussed with host Osama Kamal his ministry’s efforts to develop Egypt’s ICT industry. Egypt is also set to host an ITU conference in Sharm El Sheikh next year, in what will be the union’s first outside its Geneva headquarters (watch, runtime: 8:22).
A produce vendor whose confrontation with police went viral was also a topic of interest for Yahduth fi Masr’s Sherif Amer, who had a chat with the vendor about the incident. According to Karima Hemedan, police confiscated her vegetable cart following a verbal head-to-head. Damietta Governor Manal Awad has since ordered the policemen involved be investigated (watch, runtime: 2:58).