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War, elections and prices dominated talk on the airwaves last night as the talking heads grappled with a very busy news cycle.
Tamping-down soaring food prices: Most of the talk shows dedicated airtime to discussing Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly’s announcement yesterday that businesses had agreed to cooperate with the government to lower the prices of staple foods. Details were provided by First Assistant Minister of Supply and head of the Internal Trade Authority, Ibrahim Ashmawy, on El Hekaya (watch, runtime: 9:28), and Secretary General of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce Alaa Ezz on most shows including Kelma Akhira (watch, runtime: 3:19), Al Hayah Al Youm (watch, runtime: 6:50), and Ala Mas’ouleety (watch, runtime: 6:41). Tharwat El Zeini, head of the Poultry Producers Union, appeared on Kelma Akhira to go over the expected price cuts to eggs and chicken (watch, runtime: 6:01). We have more on this in this morning’s What We’re Tracking Today section, above.
This is going to hurt a lot of businesses: “Some producers will sell their goods at a loss to achieve the price reductions,” Ezz said.
How this will be monitored isn’t quite clear: Unspecified regulators will be responsible for ensuring that businesses are implementing the price cuts, Cabinet spokesperson Sameh El Khashin said on Ala Mas’ouleety (watch, runtime: 1:02).
MEANWHILE- “Gaza is witnessing a complete war of annihilation” in full view of the international community, which supports Israel, said Kelma Akhira host Lamees El Hadidi (watch, runtime: 2:39). Former Arab League boss Amr Moussa appeared on El Hekaya to discuss the conflict (watch, runtime: 30:50), while Masaa DMC (watch, runtime: 5:37) and Al Hayah Al Youm (watch, runtime: 7:27) both featured interviews looking at the current situation in Gaza. Amr Adib gave airtime to El Sisi’s discussions with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday (watch, runtime: 3:12 | 2:39).
Some of the talking heads denounced Israeli calls for the displacement of Palestinians towards Egypt, including El Hadidi (watch, runtime: 6:36) and Masaa DMC’s Osama Kamal (watch, runtime: 1:12).
AND- Solving an economic crisis 101: The expected float of the EGP, mechanisms for confronting the economic crisis, as well as currency swap agreements, were the focus of a lengthy studio discussion on Masaa DMC that included House Planning Committee chair Rep. Fakhri El Fiqi and Prime Holding CEO Mohamed Maher (watch, runtime: 13:07).
