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The Administrative
Court of the State Council for Political Parties, under the
chairmanship of Adviser Magdy El-Agaty, postponed the hearing
of the official registration and establishment of the party
to April 16th. The postponement was based on the court’s
insistence on reviewing the report given by State Commissioners.
The court noted that the report praised the party’s program
and principles, and recommended its approval. In discussion
with the court, founders’ representative Mr. Anwar
Esmat El Sadat asked the court for a formal apology
for the mistakes made by the dissolved Parties Affairs Committee
under the chairmanship of Safwat al-Sharif and the membership
of Habib El Adly.
El-Sadat and his party members are optimistic
about the approval of the establishment of the Party at the
next hearing.
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RDP Founders’
Representative, Mr. Anwar Esmat El-Sadat,
is working in cooperation with the National Center
for Social and Criminological Research and the Egyptian
Psychiatric Association, to prepare a program to
rehabilitate the remaining members of NDP, who were
not part of the elite and corrupt upper crust of
the former NDP.
These members are considered by
society to be the instigators of the difficult situation
Egypt reached.
They must be rehabilitated and learn
that anti-revolutionary and resistance activities
are counter-productive growth and progress in Egypt.
These members must be included in political activities,
as Egypt moves toward a true democracy all players
must have the chance to participate.
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On March 26th,
party members Mr. Walid Kamal and Mr.
Mohamed Mansour attended a seminar titled
"Difficult Past: Germany and the Secret Police Files
in Eastern Germany”, organized by Goethe Institute.
The seminar was attended by Mr. Herbert Zim,
Official of Eastern German intelligence files and the
Honorable Michael Bock, German Ambassador to Egypt. In
his speech Mr. Mohamed Mansour asked
about the size of intervention on behalf of Western countries,
led by the United States, in Eastern Germany and the effect
of this intervention on the international role of the
Germany after the fall of Berlin Wall.
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Party members,
Ms. Dalia Metwally and Ms. Reham
Sabry, participated in a dialogue about women’s
roles in civil society.
Representatives from the Reform
& Development Party, the Democratic Front Party, Al-Wafd
“Delegation Party”, and representatives of
civil society organizations, who work on supporting women,
were in attendance.
The dialogue included a group of political
experts from Chile and America.
Issues discussed included
the status of Egyptian women in political participation
before and after the revolution as well as the obstacles
they may encounter in the coming period.
The roundtable
was done online through electronic video conference, and
was organized by the International Democratic Institute.
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Party members Mr.
Mohamed Galal, Mr. Osama Badie
and Miss Reham Shabrawi, representing
the party’s elections committee, in a workshop looking
at the use of new media methods in political campaigns.
The workshop was organized by the Egyptian Association
for Disseminating and Developing Legal Awareness, and
took place over three days, in Alexandria. The party attendees
praised the importance of the training in terms of identifying
ways to use websites and blogs to directly connect candidates
with their constituents at low costs. |
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Mr. Anwar
Essmat El-Sadat, Founders’ Representative
of RDP, met with the Secretariats of Training & Education
and Media to discuss their roles in the coming period,
particularly after the court's decision to postpone the
hearing of the party’s founding to April 16th. He
also discussed the need to develop a work plan for both
secretariats in the event of a ruling on that date. |
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On March 28th,
party members participated in a symposium discussing women’s
issues in post-revolution era Egypt.
The symposium, titled "Egyptian Women after the Revolution
of 25th of January" was organized by the Alliance
for Arab Women. In attendance were Dr. Awatef
Abdel-Rahman, Dr. Mohamed Nour
Farahat and Dr. Hoda Badran, as well
as representatives of the 25th of January Youth Coalition.
Womens’ issues discussed included the poor management
and small capacity of local and global women’s organizations.
Lack of capacity contributes to the inability of these
organizations effect change in Egypt.
One issue raised
in particular was the inability of these organizations
to urge Egyptian activists to advocate women's issues,
while other activists were able to easily utilize social
media to mobilize tens of thousands of women to go to
Tahrir Square and other governorates to call for change.
The group also discussed the necessity of a National Council
for Women, composed of activists working in Egyptian civil
society organizations. |
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During their latest
weekly meeting, the Media Secretariat decided to begin
live broadcasting its conferences electronically on the
party website, in order to easily communicate directly
with members all over the country. Offering live conferences
would also increase country-wide participation of members,
who can submit comments during the live broadcasts.
Engineer and party member Mohamed El-Sharkawy,
is responsible for the oversight of media to broadcast
as well as receiving input and comments during the conferences.
Currently the audience participation aspect of the project
is in its testing phase.
Live broadcasts are set to begin
with the first conference held in the headquarters of
the party. |
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Party members participated
in a Women’s Month celebration, hosted by the Organization
of Islamic-American Conference. In attendance were Ms.
Zainab Suwaij, Executive Director of
the Organization; Dr. Mohammed El-Maliki,
Organization official; Dr. Fatima Khafagy;
and Ms. Dalia Ziada, Director of the
Regional Office.
Guests praised a new-found atmosphere of freedom enjoyed
inside the country after the 25th of January revolution.
During the celebration, treatises were presented for the
advancement of women’s roles in society and their
participation in support of civil society organizations
in advancing women’s rights. |
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