Muslim Brotherhood MP demands answers to colliding ferries in Rashid

Muslim Brotherhood MP demands answers to colliding ferries in Rashid

 Mohamed Yousuf, member of the MP Parliamentary bloc and member of the Committee of Transportation on the Parliament, has submitted an urgent request for information aimed at the Prime Minister and Deputy-Minister of Transportation regarding the disaster of Rashid’s Ferries and the government’s negligence in imposing strict control over ferries.

 

He stressed that this negligence threatens the lives of people who travel along the Nile River emphasizing that the role of the officials at these waterways and passes includes checking the licences of these ferries and their dates of expiry. This in turn would guarantee that safe travelling for boarders. He questioned “Until when, will the lives of the Egyptian citizens remain at risk?”

 

The MP accused the government of gross negligence to the rights of citizens by not providing ferries that comply with the required specifications irresponsibility in preparing adequate ports for it.