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The interim presidentâs media adviser and political adviser are making calls for national reconciliation, the former said in a press conference on Tuesday.
Presidential media adviser Ahmed El-Moslimany said he expects most Islamist parties to take part in the reconciliation, including the Muslim Brotherhood.
âWe do not want one current to hold a grudge against another, and we do not want to ambush another current,â El-Moslimany said.
The media adviser added that the reconciliationâs ethical framework has already been suggested to the presidency, with âopenness for everyone for the sake of reconciliation.â
State-run MENA reported that presidential political adviser Mostafa Hegzay will announce the date of the reconciliation soon.
El-Moslimany said Egypt has been through three phases prompting âviolentâ political changes, starting with ousted president Hosni Mubarakâs grooming of his son Gamal for the presidency, which had âdisturbedâ the countryâs political life.
The second phase, he said, came during the military-led transitional period following the January 25th Revolution, which witnessed âpolitical division and a lack of social harmony.â
The final phase came with the rule of former president Mohamed Morsi, where he said Morsiâs political affiliations had caused sharp political and social polarisation.
Egypt is currently carrying the inheritance of the three phases, adding that the point of the reconciliation is to learn how to live while disagreeing with each other.
El-Moslimany said he is hoping that reconciliation will achieve civil peace, âthe highest level of social consensus.â
El-Moslimany had said on Monday that the reconciliation requires âsincerity and clear intentions.â
Responding to a question about the meeting between US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns and interim president Adly Mansour, El-Moslimany said Egypt considers its relationship with the United States very important. âBut I would like to state clearly, honestly and categorically that no one comes to visit us to force conditions, and we do not accept conditions from anyone,â he said.
âTo those who think that the Egyptian state is weak: it is not,â he added, having previously referred to âoutside pressuresâ on Egypt.
El-Moslimany also announced in the conference that Essam Heggy had been appointed as presidential adviser for scientific affairs. Heggy is a planetary scientist in the Radar Science Group at NASA.