Former Egyptian minister dismisses Abbas' remarks about the Sinai

In a statement published on his Facebook page former Egyptian Minister of Investment in Hisham Qandil’s cabinet responded to remarks made by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas referring to the annexation of parts of Sinai to the Gaza Strip by President Muhammad Morsi.

Yahya Hamid said: “Mahmoud Abbas has reiterated on more than one occasion, the last of which was on the 23 August, lies about an alleged promise made by President Dr Muhammad Morsi to grant the Gaza Strip a part of the territories of the Sinai Peninsula”. He added: “What matters to us is to affirm that everything Abbas has said about this matter is nothing but fabrications and hallucinations. It would seem that his motive from repeating these allegations is nothing but flattering his master the coup leader in Egypt and his corrupt followers.”

In a blatant attack on Abbas, Hamid said: “The national territory is the property of the Egyptians. It does not belong to one particular individual who may dispose of it. We would sacrifice our souls for it. We are not the ones who sit with our enemy inside closed chambers while our people are being bombarded day and night.”

He added: “Reiterating these lies only emanates from political and moral decline and a desperate attempt to support a repressive regime. This is as laughable as the joke of renting the pyramids, selling the Suez Canal and other such nonsense the coup media have been propagating only for the Egyptian people to discover that the person who engaged in such things was none other than the coup leader himself and his followers who do not care about religion or honour.”

Hamid said that “President Muhammad Morsi did not and will not compromise what the Egyptian people entrusted him with. He is the one who, through his steadfastness, is defending the right of the Egyptian people to freedom and independence. It is most catastrophic that we see many of the ruling regimes in our countries are headed by liars who sold the blood of their people and compromised their causes.”

Source: Arabi21