The board of trustees of the National Political Dialogue (NPD) convenes for the third time today to discuss the economic and social tracks following an agreement on the political track during the previous rounds of talks, according to Diaa Rashwan, chairman of the Press Syndicate and coordinator of the NPD.
The NDP board decided that everyone, who has a draft resolution, vision or opinion supported by documents and information, will be submitted to President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, Rashwan said, noting that the president is confident that the national dialogue will yield great results leading to comprehensive development.
Rashwan added that the president will participate in the final session of the dialogue.
Today’s meeting will focus on the formation of sub-committees under the economic and social tracks, Rashwan said.
Each sub-committee, he added, will later announce the agenda of its respective meetings, inviting all those with suggestions to participate.
He stressed that participation in the dialogue’s different committees, which will be available for media coverage, is open to everyone except for those who have been involved in violence or those who reject the country’s constitution.
“We admit that the state has not completed all that it seeks for in the political, economic and social areas, but experiments are concluded within a few months or even years,” Rashwan noted.
President Sisi called for the national dialogue in April and has urged all political forces to participate.
Rashwan said forming committees for debates on political issues demonstrates that the national dialogue is “more serious” than what those who distort the process in order to cast doubt on the initiative.
No red lines have been set for the dialogue, he reaffirmed, adding that opposition figures are already participating in the dialogue.
During the two rounds of talks, the 19-member board of trustees, comprising political, partisan, and syndicate figures from various backgrounds, agreed to concentrate debates on the political, economic and social areas, with subcommittees for each area.
In the first meeting on July 5, the board agreed on by-laws as well as the dialogue’s 25-article code of conduct and ethics.
During the second meeting on July 19, the board agreed on the formation of three sub-committees under the political track.
The three sub-committees are local councils committee, human rights and public liberties committee, and the party and electoral system and parliamentary institutions committee.
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