MPs set to give Madbouly’s policy platform a ringing endorsement; committee report due to House today ahead of Sunday vote. The ad hoc House of Representatives committee reviewing the Madbouly Cabinet’s policy program has given it a ringing endorsement, the committee’s deputy chair, Rep. Mahmoud El Sherif, said, according to Al Shorouk. The committee held a vote after its final hearing on the program, with 27 of 31 members in favour; it is due to present its report to the House general assembly today. The House Economic Committee, which is also looking into the program, is also finalizing its report. We’re tracking with interest the committee’s proposal to require that the private sector be involved in three-quarters of the national projects slated in the program.

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