The crisis of the announcement of “Cottonil” reaches Parliament … an urgent request for information to prevent



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03:10 am

Sunday April 26, 2020

Alexandria – Mohamed El-Badry:

Alexandria MP May Mahmoud submitted an urgent request for information on Saturday night to Dr. Ali Abdel-Al, Speaker of the House of Representatives, during which he demanded the cessation of advertising for underwear products ” Cottonil “, which began airing with the beginning of the month of Ramadan, and the company was given a legal penalty, for what it described as a scratch of public modesty. It transcended Egyptian values, customs and traditions.

“Mahmoud” said in a video recorded on his personal YouTube account: “With the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, we find ourselves witnessing one of the types of chastity and indecency in the comments and suggestions, and this is foreign to our customs and traditions. ” Follow-up “It is not correct to find ourselves seeing a clothing company. Internal shows a product with external signs and suggestions.”

He added in his request to both the Prime Minister and the Minister of State for Media Affairs: “We were surprised to see announcements from the Cottonil Company, in which one of the actresses seemed to sing in inappropriate terms, as well as some provocative movements that provoke the feelings of our people in Egyptian homes, “asking:” Where is the role of censorship and how did you allow that? This content is shown on Egyptian television during the month of Ramadan “

And it demanded, based on the provisions of article 134 of the Constitution and the text of article 212 of the internal regulations of the House of Representatives, an immediate cessation of the declaration and the speed of intervention of the relevant authorities, since it does not adjust to the traditions and ethics of the Egyptian people and provokes the feelings of the citizens, especially in light of the current conditions that the country is going through due to a Corona Novelty virus, with the application of a legal sanction to the company for scratching modesty .

A member of the House of Representatives sent a message to the Minister of Information, saying: “I think the current time needs a look at the media because all the Egyptian people are currently in front of television screens and are momentarily following what is happening in the country, and the content of the broadcast must be in accordance with our customs and traditions. “

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