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7 May 2009 In its latest report, the International Bank’s Center
for Economic and Social Research and Studies ranked
Egypt as the third among the 50 most despotic
countries in the world, after Jordan and Mauritania.
In terms of its political system, Egypt ranked 119
among 167 countries as the report affirmed that the
Egyptian governmental system serves only the state’s,
rather than citizens’, interests.
The report also pointed out that the Egyptian regime
is not content with the suffering of its people from
the consecutive crises facing them, but rather adds to
the people’s suffering and its despotism by limiting
people’s freedom causing Egypt to exceed other
countries in terms of its despotic regime and laws.
According to the report, Egypt had not witnessed any
political advancement since the year 2006, a matter
which led to a retreat in the rate of public
participation in addition to a decline in the level of
political awareness among Egyptian citizens.
The report also revealed that corruption in the
various Egyptian sectors had exceeded the limits and
that the statements issued by the government about the
rate of poverty in Egypt and the spread of corruption
within society are false and aim at misleading public
opinion as they have become a characteristic feature
of the country.
The report, in fact, affirmed that Egypt had reached
the highest level of poverty in the Middle East region
in the year 2008 and that the numbers and reports it
issues about the rate of poverty are inaccurate
pointing out that “25% of the total Egyptian
population live below the poverty line and receive a
daily income of less than two dollars in comparison to
other countries.” The report added that the rate of
unemployment in Egypt has exceeded 13% of the educated
population at the same time while international
funding authorities affirm an increase in the Egyptian
government’s expenditure rates.” |
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