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and to remove obstacles that hinder the country's progress and impede the interests of both Europeans and Egyptians. They increase the number of Europeans who may not know the advantages they enjoy from these privileges, nor do they understand the intended reform to be introduced, and they approve it merely for what they imagine its name to be. However, the error in understanding the true nature of the reforms I described in my previous reports is not due to intentional distortion of words or deliberate alteration of meaning. By no means, but rather I testify that the discussion on this matter was conducted with the utmost moderation, with consideration for the kindness and courtesy of those who object to the intended change. Rather, it is more appropriate to attribute the error in understanding my intent to my own inadequacy in conveying my meaning clearly to the reader's mind on a delicate and complex issue and new changes for which there is no precedent. Therefore, I now intend to rectify this deficiency by reiterating the general categories that characterize the desired change, addressing the most common objections raised, and taking another step towards its completion and improvement, omitting many of its specific details, however important they may be. My primary goal is for the reader to fully grasp the general categories. As for the other attempts, they are details and descriptions of specific aspects that will not achieve this, leading to the reader's confusion in vain. I will leave them until the time comes for their explanation, when they will be beneficial.

(B) Description of the Desired Change

First, I will explain the nature of the change I requested in last year's report as concisely as possible. I say that I see some researchers mistakenly considering it a judicial reform, and this is an error. If the reform we need is not a reform of the judicial system, but a reform of the legislative system, then what is required of reform in the judiciary is only sought based on its control over the reform that is accepted in the legislative system.

The reason for requesting a change in the legislative system is that it is not possible to implement an important law now on Europeans residing in the Egyptian territory without the consent of fifteen states, except in certain specific cases. It has been proven by experience that it is rare to obtain the consent of these states in matters of general security, and even in the few matters of security, obtaining it is fraught with many difficulties and requires extreme effort, to the extent that the Egyptian government, which is eager to obtain it, often hesitates and abandons the pursuit.