Wednesday's talk shows tackled various issues including the new minimum wage, the International Labor Organization's decision to remove Egypt's name from its black list and other issues. El-Qahera el-Youm (Cairo Today): • Radwan: imposing 10 % annual tax, increasing one billion EGP to National Income • Sawirris: I could pardon Mubarak, if he is not guilty, and Muslim Brotherhood (MB) will not gain the majority in upcoming Parliamentary elections Minister of Finance Samir Radwan affirmed during a phone call to El-Qahera el-Youm that the General Budget aims at social justice. He said the minimum wage will monthly be at 700 EGP and will gradually increase to 1200 EGP. Radwan said imposing tax on stock exchange adds 10 million EGP each year to the national income. Anchorman Amr Adeeb hosted Egyptian telecom tycoon Naguib Sawiris, who affirmed his duty in the Free Egyptians Party is originally a national one not religious. Commenting on the Muslim Brotherhood, Sawiris said they will not win the majority in the upcoming parliamentary election. He called for postponing the election for further 6 months and for uniting all political powers to head to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) to delay the election and write a new constitution. Sawirris said he could pardon deposed president Hosni Mubarak if he is not guilty, noting that there is no problem for the military council to govern for a short period. He also refused minister of finance's decision to impose tax on stock exchange, saying the stock market is a startup company. 90 minutes: • Khaled Salah: confessing the information mistake is media virtue after the Revolution • Al-Glad: new facts on death of former Marshal Abdel-Hakim Amer Al-Ahram al-Massai managing director for economic affairs Mamdouh al-Wali said there is a fraud in governmental general budget which is not fit for the revolution when the minister of Finance announced the minimum wage will be at 700 EGP. However, Radwan said during a phone call to the show that the ministry of finance allocates 47 million EGP for the national newspapers, warning there are around 31,000 workers threatened to not receive their wages. 10 pm (Al-a'shera Masaan: • El-Shazli: we did not fabricate phone calls in interview with the Minister of Interior • Syrian company produces film of Hassan al-Banna • Establishing smart village in upper Egypt aims at fair distribution of technology over Egypt According to Technology Industry Development Agency executive manager Yasser ak-Awadi, workers of the Smart village launched an initiative on Facebook under the title of “Friday of labor.” They called on all their colleagues to work on Friday. He added there will be a smart village in Upper Egypt to fairly distribute the technology aross Egypt. Al-Hayat el-Youm (Life Today): • International Labor Organization lifts Egypt from its black list • Sheikh Gaber: I did not plan for Islamic state in Imbaba and the media was prejudice toward me Sheikh Gaber al-Tabal, founder of Islamic Republic of Imaba, denied the media reports claiming the he seeks to establish an Islamic republic inside the Arab republic of Egypt. On Air (Al-Hawa): Saleh: smear campaign targets Muslim Brotherhood Montaser: Muslim Brotherhood did not monopolize the talks in the name of Islam MB member Sobhi Saleh affirmed that there is a campaign that aims to assassinate him as he is one of the leading Brotherhood members, noting this campaign is not personally but against all MB figures. On Air guests of Revolution Youth Coalition said MB youth have different views which were revealed during their announcement of participating in the last Friday of Anger. The guests added that MB youth expressed their opinion freely without going back to their leaders.
