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Sisi Defends Egypt’s Austerity Measures
Local Editor
Egypt's President Abdel-Fatah Sisi defended his government's latest austerity measures aimed at rebuilding the country's ailing economy, amid a wave of arrests since his re-election.
The government raised the price of electricity and piped drinking water as part of an economic reform program designed to qualify for a three-year $12 billion bailout loan from the International Monetary Fund, which Egypt secured in 2016.
Sisi said late Tuesday in televised comments that the government spends a total subsidy bill of 330 billion Egyptian pounds, $18.6 billion, annually.
He said: "We have to pay the price together."
The tough austerity measures have hit poor and middle-class Egyptians especially hard.
Egypt intensified its crackdown on dissent since Sisi's re-election in the March vote in which he faced no serious challengers.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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