MP refuses increasing transportation fees

A member of the Transport Committee in the Egyptian Parliament, MP Mohammad Badawi Desouki, expressed his opposition to some articles of the draft law establishing the transport regulation system submitted by the government to parliament.

He said that the bill in its second article includes the word "parcels" and therefore will be charged for the packages both international and domestic. Thus, He explained that the bill imposes fees on packages of dead from foreign countries, as well as the transfer of dead between the provinces.

He added, “It is unacceptable that fees are charged for transporting the dead among the provinces. The imposition of any additional charges or burdens on transportation is currently a crisis.” He warned that moving transport prices will inevitably raise the prices of all goods and services, leading to the addition of new financial burdens on citizens.

He added that the Egyptian economy is in one of its critical periods, stressing the need for taking serious steps to restore its rates of economic growth. He called the government for announcing its future plans to push forward the economic situation.

He signaled to the economic aids that the Gulf States provided to Egypt during the recent years, saying that these aids came to respond to Egypt's sacrifices for its Arab brothers. Regarding the IMF loan, He said that Egypt has a quota in the international institution so it has the right to take the loan, clarifying that the fund's job is to provide support for the member states if they needed.

He added that the fund praised Egypt's economic decision to liberate its currency; it was painful but necessary decision. He added that the fund said the decline in the pound value transcended what was expected but it is not realistic to assess the economic experience in only two or three months.

He called the Egyptian media to deliver the exchanged messages between the citizen and the government, stressing that the governmental official should deal transparently with the citizen during the coming period and reveal the coming measures through the media channels and newspapers.