CAIRO — The Egyptian authorities are cracking down on illegal construction in a bid to prevent the exploitation of the state’s preoccupation with the coronavirus crisis in order to build more unauthorized buildings.
In a televised conference during the inauguration of the Bashayer El-Kheir 3 housing project in Alexandria on May 21, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called on the authorities to introduce legislative reforms to tighten penalties on violators. He also called for bringing to justice those who construct unlicensed buildings as a preliminary step for their trial.