The Ismail Cabinet will not be used as a scapegoat for tough times

Reforms are not about who’s in power: The expected hike in fuel and energy prices will be among the first items of business on the Madbouly cabinet’s agenda, which proves that progress on the implementation of economic reforms is not contingent on any specific person or group of people being in charge, Emad El Din Hussein writes for Al Shorouk. Hussein said the move reinforces the message that the government is serious about seeing the reform program through to the end, regardless of who’s in power.