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Tuesday, 8 December 2020

Last Night’s Talk Shows on 8 December 2020

Day one of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s two-day visit to France dominated the airwaves last night, with coverage of runoff elections for the House of Representatives coming in second.

Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry made an appearance on El Hekaya, telling host Amr Adib that the close relationship between Paris and Cairo is built on multiple pillars other than arms sales and saying the two leaders had touched on an array of topics from trade and investment to the Eastern Med and Libya during their talks yesterday (watch, runtime: 6:25). See also coverage on Masaa DMC (watch, runtime: 8:15) and Al Hayah Al Youm (watch, runtime: 8:42).

Runoffs for seats in the House yesterday earned wall-to-wall coverage with Kelma Akhira’s Lamees El Hadidi (watch, runtime: 4:11) and Ala Mas’ouleety’s Ahmed Moussa (watch, runtime: 13:47) among those recapping the day at the polls.

Extended periods of pre-trial detention are not deliberately used as a means of punishment and are a result of time-consuming procedures that are necessary for a case to be investigated correctly, Justice Minister Omar Marwan told Kelma Akhira’s Lamees El Hadidi in an extended interview. The minister also suggested that criticism of Egypt’s use of capital punishment only serves the agendas of terrorist groups, pointing out that there are no international treaties outlawing the death penalty. You can watch the full interview here (runtime: 1:00:12)

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