The People's Assembly will question Prime Minister Kamal al-Ganzouri Tuesday about economic and security issues.
The ministers of defense, interior, industry and trade, petroleum, transportation, religious endowments, aviation, social insurance, finance, agriculture and justice will also appear before the Parliament for questioning.
MPs plan to question the cabinet members about financial corruption, national security, the misuse of ports, and inaction on reclaiming tracts of land distributed to National Democratic Party members under former President Hosni Mubarak’s rule. A few spoke with Al-Masry Al-Youm about their plans for the hearings.
MP Abul Ezz al-Hariry intends to accuse the ministers of defense and finance of creating corruption through the Arab International Bank. According to Hariry, the bank has been used for many years to cover “crimes of money laundering, looting and smuggling.”
MP Anwar Esmat al-Sadat said he plans to ask several questions. The first will deal with Ain Sokhna Port and the Dubai International Company’s monopoly of shipping and marine services at Red Sea ports. He will accuse the ministers of wasting public money and endangering national interests.
He will also accuse the defense and industry ministers of mismanaging the military's National Service Products Organization and military-owned factories. Sadat also intends to question the cabinet about the insecurity of Egyptian pilgrims during the Hajj and being subject to humiliation abroad.
MP Akram al-Shaer plans to bring up the issue of land redistribution, and will ask Ganzouri and the agriculture and justice ministers why they have not taken legal action to reclaim land that was distributed to Mubarak cronies.
MP Mohamed Awad Rashid said he will question the petroleum minister about the current fuel shortage and will charge him with wasting public money by continuing to allow gas exports during the recent fuel crisis.
The People's Assembly is also expected to bring up the theft of radioactive materials from the nuclear plant construction site in Dabaa, problems that continue to face farmers, specifically with regard to cotton cultivation, and the high cost of electricity for private consumers.
Translated from Al-Masry Al-Youm
