And the people of Damietta won another new battle

It is not strange thing after all because if you check the history of Damietta and its people you will know that they were and are still our first line in the face of the enemy who ever or what ever it was .
At last the Egyptian Parliament said its word after a month of evaluation in the Agrium matter. Already after the huge and violent refusal of the people of Damietta to host this pollutant factory in their land , the Egyptian Parliament in an attempt to calm the people down formed an evaluation committee in which its finding will be the basis of the parliament recommendation to the government  whether in the interest of the people or the interest of the Canadian company .
After a month or something the results were announced from two days ago and today the parliament discussed the finding to reached to a decision .
The decision came as it should be

The Factory of EAgrium should be transferred outside Damitta .

at last thank God
The evaluation committee reached to three suggestion after a thorough investigation based on scientific, economic and public opinions.
These suggestion were  to combat the resulting pollution :
1- To planet a forest of thick trees to make a balance , it is not feasible because those trees will need many years to form a thick forest to stand against the pollution produced by the factory .
2- To win the people’s acceptance which is also impossible , the people of Damietta do not want this factory in their land and they swore to fight it one by one .
3- To transfer the factory to anther place.
The last option was the only option for the parliament to choose , they did not have any other option from the beginning , the other two options I believe were put to please the Canadian company and to show it that we are fair.
Well speaking of fairness ,this factory should not be in Egypt in the first place. already it turned out that  a Canadian city has refused that factory before forcing Agrium to transfer it outside Canada.
I do not know if the government will listen to the recommendation of the Parliament or not , it is wise to listen , the people of Damietta do not want it and it can be violent if the Government as usual insists on having it.
Already I read that the CEO of Agrium has visited prime minister Nazif and this scares me.
Agrium position in Egypt is critical now , all the banks that finance the project next week may withdraw its investments , even if there is a transfer plan as there is fear the project would be met by another public refusal in the new location.
Upper Egypt refused it, Suez Governorate and Port Said Governorate are refusing it publicly and promise to repeat what happened in Damietta if the government thought of transferring it.
Here are some photos from Damietta from two days ago ,more than 1200 gathered there protesting against the factory mainly from Women and Children “I love that kid with Spider Man mask”

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