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President Appoints Legal Advisory Body AILY EWS TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013 N D ISSUE NO. 2186 NEWSTAND PRICE LE 4.00 EGYPT www.thedailynewsegypt.com Egypt’s Only Daily Independent Newspaper In English SMUGGLE TUNNEL CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE BREAD FOR ALL Egypt’s Armed Forces discover and Prime Minister Hesham Qandil’s Cairo Supply Directorate: No secure 276 tunnels between Sinai motorcade hit by birdshot in the restriction on how much bread and Gaza streets of Dokki people can buy during Sham 2 3 El-Nessim 7 Minister of Tourism: We will President appoints legal close down any hotel where harassment takes place advisory body Around 150 complaints of sexual harassment against THE PRESIDENCY ANNOUNCES 16 NAMES TO ADVISE MORSI ON tourists received by Ministry, including three rape cases CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL AFFAIRS By Basil El-Dabh mid Massoud, Mohamed Mostafa Al- Abdel Maqsoud is a prominent out against Prime Minister Hesham Kanany Madi, Mostafa Gomaa, Ahmed lawyer for the Muslim Brother- Qandil’s cabinet, criticised President The presidency announced the for- Abu Al-Wafaa Hassan, Hazem Metwali hood, while Massoud is head of the Mohamed Morsi’s inability to conduct mation of a new advisory body of legal Atlam, Mohamed Abu Younis, Mounir second circuit of the Administrative national reconciliation with the op- experts that are expected to handle Abdel Gawad, Mohamed Gibreel, Judiciary Court. position, and rejected what he saw as certain legal and constitutional affairs. Yasser Al-Serafi, Abdel Moneim Ab- Former presidential advisor for Egypt opening its doors to the spread The committee consists of 16 advi- del Maqsoud, Ibrahim Abdel Moneim legal affairs Mohamed Fouad Gadal- of Shi’a Islam. sors and includes judges, university Mohamed, Awad Mohamed Moussa, lah announced his resignation last A statement issued by the presi- professors, and lawyers. Tala’at Mohamed Kamal Mahmoud, month, releasing a statement criticis- dency said that Morsi will meet The members of the newly-formed Reda Atteya Saafan, Osama Abdel Latif ing various decisions that had been with the advisory authority early body include Mohamed Abdel Ha- Khalil, and Mohamed Mahmoud Diab. made by the presidency. He spoke next week. UN commission on Syria says no AFP file photo Minister of Tourism Hesham Zazou said that the Ministry had received re- ports of around 150 cases of sexual harassment committed against tourists, conclusive evidence of sarin gas use with three rape cases reported By Luiz Sanchez has used chemical weapons. UN opposition fighters have used sarin than 80,000 people over the past By Hend El-Behary impact on the country’s reputation,” investigator Carla Del Ponte told gas during combat. The comment two years, sparking fears of potential he continued. The United Nations Commission the Swiss public broadcaster RSI on was made the same day large explo- chemical warfare. Both the Syrian Hotels will be closed down immedi- There has been a spike in the of Inquiry on Syria said on Mon- Sunday that the Commission had sions near Damascus were blamed government and rebel forces have ately if it is proven that their employ- number of sexual harassment in- day there was no conclusive proof collected testimonies from medical on an Israeli airstrike. accused each other of using chemical ees sexually harassed tourists, said cidents against tourists in cities, either side in the Syrian civil war personnel in Syria suggesting that The Syrian civil war has killed more weapons. Minister of Tourism Hesham Zazou. Zazou said, especially in hotels in Del Ponte said it was not sur- “We [the Ministry] have received Sharm Al-Sheikh. prising to find opposition fighters reports of around 150 cases of sexual Zazou said he has now taken may have used chemical weapons harassment committed against tour- “critical measures” to make sure given they have been “infiltrated by ists,” he said, during an appearance Egypt does not lose its status as foreign fighters”. on the Al-Hayah satellite tourism. a prime tourist destination. “And “The Independent International “There have been three rape cases since this relates to Egypt’s repu- Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian reported.” tation, governing rules must be Arab Republic wishes to clarify that “I am determined to close hotels strict,” he said. it has not reached conclusive findings where sexual harassment has taken as to the use of chemical weapons in place because this behaviour has an Continued on page 7 Syria by any parties to the conflict,” the commission said in a statement on Monday. The United States government has repeatedly stated that the use Sham El-Nessim: of chemical weapons is a red line in Syria which if crossed would lead to a greater involvement in the conflict by A new spring the western power. President Barack Obama however has been careful not to jump to conclusions, saying there has come must be irrevocable proof that such weapons had been used before any US AFP Photo / Menahem Kahana AFP Photo intervention. Israeli soldiers seen with their Merkava tank unit deployed in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights near the border with Syria on 6 May Continued on page 2 Cabinet reshuffle imminent Prime Minister Hesham Qandil says 11 new ministers will be appointed on Monday night or Tuesday The details of the cabinet reshuffle are any details concerning the scope of also scheduled to meet with Morsi cabinet change is one of the NSF’s due to be released on Monday eve- the adjustments. at the presidential palace to discuss preconditions to participating in ning or Tuesday morning at the latest, The president remained tight- the results of his meetings with the parliamentary elections. said Prime Minister Hesham Qandil lipped in an interview on Al Jazeera, new ministers. The Conscience Front, a group on Monday afternoon. saying that the “most efficient” can- Groups including the Al-Nour consisting of Islamists and some Qandil added that 11 ministers didates would be given posts in the Party and the National Salvation independent politicians, said some would be included in the reshuffle reshuffled cabinet. Front (NSF) have demanded that of the existing ministers were “in- announced by the presidency ap- Qandil met with four of the po- Morsi dismiss Qandil and his entire capable of introducing change,” proximately two weeks ago. At the tential new ministers earlier on Mon- cabinet, replacing it with a more specifically referring to the minis- time, President Mohamed Morsi day and was set to meet with some neutral one that would oversee ters of justice, information, interior, said only that the changes would of the remaining seven later in the upcoming elections for the House foreign affairs, petroleum, and in- come “soon” and did not provide afternoon. The prime minister was of Representatives. A complete vestment. AFP Photo / Khaled AFP Photo Desouki Egyptian Stock Exchange Children colour eggs in Al-Jazirah village, near the Nile delta city of Man- Commentary soura, as they celebrate Sham El-Nessim 7.3693 7.9273 Closing Weekly Change Mahmoud Salem writes: EGX 30 5,276.62 0.98% With colourful eggs, chocolate rab- families enjoying the day and partak- 6.9414 6.9715 The Brotherhood now understands bits and salted fish, Sham El-Nessim ing in traditions such as painting eggs that alienating more than half of the was celebrated across Egypt on Mon- and eating feseekh take place around EGX 70 451.31 0.64% 9.023 9.6329 country in order to maintain their day. The ancient Egyptian festival has the country. alliance with the Salafis is not a viable endured thousands of years and re- Daily News Egypt explores the his- 10.7134 11.4663 EGX 100 753.41 0.73% long term strategy for survival mains part of Egypt’s cultural heritage. tory of the ancient festival and how Sham El-Nessim marks the begin- Egyptians celebrate it today. 1.844 1.8698 EGX 20 6,025.17 -0.03% Page 5 ning of spring and is celebrated by all Egyptians. Public spaces are filled with Feature on page 4 2 DAILY NEWS EGYPT TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013 www.thedailynewsegypt.com Cement factory workers under Detention renewed for Gamal Saber and sons fire from factory owner FACTORY WORKERS ATTACKED BY FACTORY SECURITY, CENTRE FOR TRADE UNION AND Workers’ SERVICES FEAR REPRISAL ATTACKS By Luiz Sanchez The workers went on strike to de- The centre said there are no laws the legitimate demands of the work- mand amendments to holiday entitle- which regulate the time off staff can ers from the Aswan Cement Factory”. Workers from a cement factory ments, adjustments to staff salaries, take, adding the employees are often The centre called the attempt to in- in the governorate of Aswan were and the appointment of short-term subjected to 26 consecutive days of timidate the strikers an “attempt at attacked on Sunday by security contract workers. work, 12 hours a day, without any ad- terrorism” by the factory owner. They personnel from the factory, a state- CTUWS said the factory’s manage- ditional compensation. added that the owner’s actions had ment released by the Centre for ment and director of security decided to CTUWS added that the workers created the possibility of “bloody bat- Trade Union and Workers’ Servic- end the strike by force, using live ammu- receive eight days of unpaid leave and tles between the families of the work- es (CTUWS) said. More than 350 nition to intimidate the striking workers. earn roughly EGP 35 a day. Workers ers and the factory owner’s family”. workers announced a strike last CTUWS said the factory owner are also said to lack clean drinking CTUWS said that it feared that Friday after factory management had promised on more than one occa- water at work, forcing employees to the attack on the strikers could refused to negotiate the demands sion since 2003 to amend staff salaries drink water from a nearby well.
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