Egypt's 'national dialogue' set to finally start next month
Five months after its announcement, the national dialogue between the government and the opposition in Egypt is set to start in the coming weeks.
CAIRO — Preparations to hold Egypt’s national political dialogue, which President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi proposed in April, is in its final stages after the board of trustees of the national dialogue announced Sept. 11 the selection of the rapporteurs for its three main tracks and the 15 subcommittees to be discussed during the dialogue’s sessions.
Two prominent members of the board of trustees told Al-Monitor that they expected the official dialogue sessions to be launched at the beginning of October.
In April, Sisi surprised Egyptian political circles by announcing the launch of a political dialogue with the opposition forces to discuss the national action to confront the domestic challenges, adding that the discussion’s outcome will be reported to him directly.
The preparations for the dialogue have been ongoing since then.
