At a rally in Cairo’s Matareya Square on Sunday, presidential candidate Amr Moussa, who was warmly welcomed there, vowed to abolish the much-hated Emergency Law. “This would be the first decision I make,” he told the crowd.
“We need to rebuild the country together,” he said. “I promise you I’ll restore Egypt’s leading role, which has been snatched away by other small countries.”
Moussa also pledged to fight corruption, improve education, set a minimum and maximum wage, encourage small and medium-size businesses and achieve self-sufficiency. He said he would institute an unemployment allowance that equals half the minimum wage for a year, during which time the unemployed would be trained for a vocation.
“Freedom of expression has been reinstated after the revolution,” he said. “No violence should take place against demonstrators from now on.”
“The revolution continues because it has not yet achieved all its demands,” he said, urging the youth to participate in politics to acquire experience. “Four years from now, I would like to see presidential candidates in their 40s or 50s.”
Translated from Al-Masry Al-Youm
