General Coordinator of the National Dialogue’s Board Diaa Rashwan has said that sessions of the National Dialogue will kick off next week. The sessions will be held on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays of every week. Around four session panels will be held daily to discuss several topics of mutual concern.
Discussions on political issues will be held on Sunday, while consultations on economic and social issues will be conducted on Tuesday and Thursday respectively.
The sessions on all topics will be public except when the Board of Trustees decides to hold closed sessions that may include information affecting national security, Rashwan said in recent press statements.
“We succeeded in rebuilding bridges of trust between the partners of the June 30, 2013 revolution,” Rashwan said.
The opening session of the National Dialogue kicked off last Wednesday at the International Convention & Exhibition Centre in Nasr City, with heavy participation from representatives of all segments of the Egyptian society, as well as NGOs, media figures, university presidents, heads of think-tanks, members of the two chambers of the parliament, and clergymen, among others.
In his pre-recorded speech for the session, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi urged all participants to do their best to ensure a successful national dialogue.
During the annual Egyptian Family Iftar banquet on 26 April, 2022, President Sisi called for the dialogue, which includes all of the country’s political forces, without exception or discrimination.
In September 2022, the 19-member board of trustees completed its selection of rapporteurs and assistant rapporteurs for the dialogue’s three main tracks (political, economic, and social) and their 19 subcommittees.
Recommendations that will be made by the subcommittees will be referred to the board to be sent to the president for a final say, according to previous remarks by the General Coordinator of the National Dialogue Diaa Rashwan.
The president has asserted that all intellectuals, syndicates and political forces are invited to the dialogue.
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