“Yes to participate...Be positive” A symposium for party youth coordination at Ain Shams University

Within the framework of Ain Shams University’s keenness to enhance the political awareness of its students and encourage them to actively participate in the presidential elections, Ain Shams University, in cooperation with the Youth Coordination of Parties and Politicians, organized a symposium under the slogan “Yes to Participate... Be Positive,” in the presence of Prof. Mohamed Diaa Zein El-Abedeen, President of Ain Shams University, Prof. Ghada Farouk, Vice President of the University for Community Service and Environmental Development Affairs, with the participation of members of the House of Representatives from the Party Youth Coordination, namely: Mr. Tarek Al-Khouly, Member of the House of Representatives, Dr. Ghada Ali, Member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Mahmoud Badr, Member of the House of Representatives, a group of professors and students.

Prof. Mohamed Diaa, President of Ain Shams University, stressed the great standing of the Egyptian House of Representatives, which is one of the most prestigious parliamentary councils in the Middle East and North Africa, noting that now we see many young people representing the people in the House of Representatives.

His Eminence explained that today’s symposium aims to develop electoral awareness, stressing the importance of the positive role of students in the process of voting for the presidential election and expressing opinion.

This is the positivity that is used to measure the rates of societal urbanization in the world.

Dr. Ghada Ali expressed her happiness at being with "Students for Egypt family" in all Egyptian universities, praising her conscious activity.

She also paid tribute to the steadfastness of the Palestinian people on their land, as well as to the awareness of the Egyptian youth who steadfastly resisted campaigns to change their awareness and erase their identity.

She reviewed the activities of the parties’ youth coordination, its composition and its role in encouraging participation in the elections.

She demanded young people to take responsibility and study the electoral programs and the ability of the candidates to fulfill electoral promises, and not to be led by calls not to run in the elections on the pretext that the vote will not matter. She explained that youth participation in the elections has a great significance and reflection on Egypt’s image before the world, as the extent of youth turnout in the elections is analyzed.

She also clarified that a university student has the right to vote for the presidential election once during his studies as a university student.

Emphasizing that the real bet is on youth, noting that there has been empowerment of youth at all levels as advisors to ministers, deputy governors, and other things, which is considered one of the most important gains of youth during the past period.

Her Excellency also urged young people to participate in the elections to preserve the gains obtained by young people, who represent the largest percentage of the societal pyramid.

Mr. Tarek Al-Khouly spoke, recalling when he was a university student attending cultural lectures and seminars and how they influenced him and gained him experiences and information.

He pointed out that Egypt has gone through five presidential elections throughout its history, adding that the current elections have the largest number of candidates, which amounts to four candidates. While the percentage of youth is 60% of society, he stressed that youth are the current bet, which represents an essential part of the competition between Arab and international powers to change their identity, as well as a message to all parties that Egypt’s youth are fine and have a high capacity for awareness.

This confirms the strength of the Egyptian internal front, regardless of the candidate chosen by the representative.

He also added that in the past, it was said that young people do not have the opportunity to appear and that the horizon is not open for social presence, but now we are before you as an example of the possibility of reaching the maximum extent, provided that you are positive and have a state of insistence on learning, excellence, training, and keenness on actual positive participation.

Mr. Mahmoud Badr, a member of the House of Representatives, also called for positive participation in the elections, reviewing the presidential election period in 2014 and the extent of chaos and terrorism existing in all governorates, as Egypt had one of the highest rates of road accidents in the world.

At the security level, the Egyptian state succeeded in rebuilding the police force in the shortest time, in addition to the state’s efforts to eliminate terrorism, which resulted in a large number of martyrs during the war against terrorism. The state succeeded in eliminating terrorism in Egypt and reducing it.

He also explained that the Egyptian Village witnessed a qualitative leap at the level of all services.

He also shed light on the Corona pandemic, which the country succeeded in in light of the inability of many developed countries to control it.

He added that Egypt has succeeded in all these challenges, and now we are facing another challenge of displacing the Palestinian people to Sinai, as well as another economic challenge represented by inflation and prices. These two basic challenges are an urgent demand for the next president.

Adding that participation in the elections is necessary to prove that the Egyptian people are aware and want to keep the Egyptian state together.

Mr. Mahmoud Badr said that Egypt’s youth are the ones who will vote to choose the future; The horizon is open for young people to achieve their dreams.