CAIRO – 18 May 2023: The first discussion sessions of the societal axis of the National Dialogue kicked off Thursday, with the presence of various currents and political prominent figures as they discussed several of issues including guardianship over minors' money and property.
During the session, several suggestions were heard including amending laws and establishing legal body affiliated with the cabinet to supervise minors' money.
Nisreen Al-Baghdadi, Rapporteur of the Family and Community Cohesion Committee in the National Dialogue she stressed the importance of ‘the Family’ and its fundamental role in the society.
She indicated during her speech that the constitution, in article 10, affirmed that the family is the basis of society, pointing to the state's keenness on its cohesion and consolidation of its values.
Tariq Darwish, head of the Free Socialists Party, representative of the coalition of parties, called for amending Law 119 of 1952 to preserve the funds of minors and try to invest his money in a new formation.
Darwish added, during his speech, that minor’s guardianship should be passed to the mother directly, after the father’s death along with the educational guardianship as well with the existence of supervision.
Representative of the Nour Party, Mohamed Salah, said that Article No. 10 of the constitution spoke about the family being the foundation of Egyptian society and obligated the state to take measures to protect and preserve the Egyptian family.
Salah explained that there is an overlap between the concept of guardianship over money, guardianship over people, the ‘minors’ themselves, and the idea of custody, appreciating President Abdel Fattah al Sisi's directives to develop integrated legislation for personal status.
He pointed out that there are a set of problems regarding guardianship over money and several related matters, calling for the establishment of a public body affiliated with the cabinet that would be responsible of the minors’ funds investment
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