Egypt’s newly formed cabinet headed by Prime Minister Mostafa Kamal Madbouly is presenting its policy statement to the country’s House of Representatives for an “almost guaranteed” vote of confidence.
Madbouly along with the cabinet will be facing a parliament with overwhelming support for President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his political and economic procedures.
The new cabinet was sworn in mid-last month.
Article 146 of the Constitution stipulates that the President of the Republic shall appoint a prime minister to form the cabinet and present his policy statement to lawmakers. If his government does not obtain the confidence vote within thirty days at most the government is dissolved.
The House of Representatives, which has been in power since 2016, has not failed in granting votes of confidence to successive cabinets and reshuffles. It has approved resigned Prime Minister Sherif Ismail's policy statement and three different reshuffles within two years.
According to the mandate of the president, the new cabinet’s priorities are to “protect Egypt's national security, complete development plans on various levels, and support plans and strategies for eradicating terrorism.”
Madbouly’s cabinet will also undertake reform efforts at all levels, development, and the completion of major national projects.
For years, Egypt’s successive cabinets have sought carrying out economic reform.
Madbouly will pledge to lawmakers to improve the Egyptian people’s standard of living and to take into account the rights of poor and marginalized groups by activating the government's role decisively in regulating markets and prices and intensifying the control and security campaigns.
The cabinet’s ability to develop and implement corruption deterrent measures will end market monopolies and allow for better living conditions.
According to official data, about 30 million Egyptians (representing 28 percent of the total population) were living below the poverty line until 2015.
