Pinocchiopoli Memo: the promises of the new prime minister

Let’s not forget those promises:

Source: Ahram Online, Tuesday 24 Jul 2012

Newly-appointed Prime Minister Hisham Kandil at his first press conference since assuming the post, Tuesday. announced that :

1.      he will form a "technocratic government" and that his ministers will be chosen according to their qualifications and experience,

2.      that there will be a balance of political factions within the cabinet and that it will be chosen with the full consent of President Mohamed Morsi.

3.      the administration's main aim will be to implement the presidential "renaissance" program, particularly Morsi's 100 day planto end several of the country's pressing problems including:

a.      traffic,

b.      bread

c.       fuel shortages,

d.      lack of security

e.       garbage accumulation.

f.        The current water shortage, he added, would be top of the agenda.

4.      the government will work to assure that all the demands of the January 25

 Revolution are realised,

5.      each minister will have full authority in the decision-making process and there will be mechanisms in place to complete the goals of past governments, rather than the new cabinet starting from scratch.

6.      Kandil explained that discussions with the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) regarding the appointment of the next minister of defense are currently ongoing. Head of the SCAF, Field Mashal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi is the incumbent defense minister.