Egypt’s former deputy prime minister, Ziad Bahaa-Eldin, said that he felt happy with participating in discussions about the NGOs Law because it was issued abruptly. This came during a symposium held at the Egyptian Centre for Economic Studies (ECES) entitled “Alternative Vision for the NGOs Law”. Bahaa-Eldin added that the civil society has been demanding the amendment of the law during the past one and a half years without receiving any response or comment from the concerned authorities. He added that the philosophy of the NGOs Law must make it clear that the system of development will never be completed without NGOs. Civil work has saved Egypt throughout the last seven years.

Source: Daily News Egypt December 16, 2018 21:33 UTC