Aoun: Miqati is Responsible for Any Delay in Electricity File
Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun stated on Tuesday that a final agreement with companies on leasing power-generating vessels has not been reached yet.
He said after the Change and Reform bloc’s weekly meeting: “Prime Minister Najib Miqati is responsible for any delay in the electricity file.”
“A single delay will take place at the expense of pumping electricity into the Lebanese power grid,” he added.
The government had recently approved a proposal to lease power-generating ships, but negotiations are still ongoing with two companies that would provide them.
Addressing discussions on the parliamentary electoral law, Aoun remarked: “We don’t want to limit the representation of any side, however if that side’s political weight is small, we don’t want it to be taking a greater parliamentary share than it deserves.”
He made his statement in an indirect reference to Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat.
Transportation and Public Works Minister Ghazi Aridi had noted on Monday that adopting proportional representation in the electoral law would “target” Jumblat in order to limit his representation.
Furthermore, Aoun voiced his support for proportional representation, hoping that the government would make proposals on the electoral law.
Commenting on retired Brigadier General Fayez Karam’s release from prison, the MP said: “He was imprisoned, released, paid us a visit, and then left to Zgharta.”
On Environment Minister Nazem al-Khoury’s refusal to approve the leasing of power-generating ships until a study is conducted on the pollution they may cause, Aoun said: “Water in Lebanon has been transformed into sewage, what has the minister done about that?”
“Let them pay closer attention to what they have done to the environment and not to a ship that will be granting people electricity,” he stressed.
Source: Naharnet
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