Electronic Agenda

Deputy prime minister and chair of the National Agenda Committee Marawan Muasher today announced (parts 1, 2 and 3) that the NA will be posted on the web for citizen's comments. I am wondering if this is really a way to get people's feedback, or simply good PR. In any case, you can count on your good friend Khalaf to give you his, ahm, humble opinion about this document. So fret not at the enormity of the massive 2500 page document. In my experience, the only parts which will need to be read will probably be about 100 pages, double spaced and 14 point font.
In the press conference, Muasher gave the usual goals that are typically fed to us by politicians. Everybody will be covered by health insurance, 600,000 jobs will be created, unemployment will be halved, incomes will be doubled and so forth. I guess that this is a tacit admission that the current economic/social approach will not lead to these goals. Presumably, economic policies will change from the business friendly (poor hostile) IMF based recipes to a more socially conscious approach which is more in sync with the needs of the common citizen. There is a hint of this in a statement about tax reform. I will believe it when I see it.
There are also a number of hints at more progressive social policies, such as indications that laws which affect women's rights will be reformed. Let's hope.
I will be back later when actual details are available.