Jumblat Says Lebanon Should Consider Kuwait Electricity Offer

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat said Tuesday that Lebanon should consider an offer made by the Kuwait Fund for Arab Development to finance the establishment of new power plants in the country instead of leasing Turkish generating vessels.

Referring to a controversial plan to lease the power ships, Jumblat said in a tweet: “Regarding the electricity file and rumors about costly side expenses, I have known that the Kuwait Development Fund is willing to finance new power generating plants.”

The MP noted that the Kuwaiti fund has made the offer earlier but it was rejected then “due to unknown reasons.”

He advised saying “This offer should be taken seriously. Let us stop the clamor regarding the “Ottoman” vessels,” he concluded.

In November, three companies bidding to produce more electricity in Lebanon failed to meet the book of conditions.

A Turkish power company, Karadeniz, which already provides the country with electricity remains the only company to have met the requirements.

But under Lebanese laws, more than one qualified bidder is required to award the tender.