CAIRO - Discussions over the measures and objectives of the national dialogue, launched by the Egyptian Government, are to resume on Sunday with plans for the sessions to continue for 12 weeks. Yet obvious key players, such as the Youth Coalition and presidential hopeful, ElBaradei are blaringly absent. The criteria and organisation of future meetings of the broad-based debate should be finalised by the end of a series of preliminary meetings that will see at least 164 public figures convene on a regular basis until April 10. The Coalition of the Youth of the Revolution took no part in the session and are expected to explain later in a press conference why they were not present at the launch meeting. Several figures spoke Wednesday night to further define the purposes of the “national dialogue” as a number of participants sounded displeased with lack of organisation of the maiden meeting.
