Harb: Parliamentary Session Occasion to Inform Public Opinion about Cabinet Mistakes
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March 14 opposition MP Butros Harb said Monday that a three-day parliamentary session would not necessarily lead to a vote of confidence against the government of Premier Najib Miqati.
“These sessions could be an opportunity to inform the public opinion about the mistakes that the government is making and the policy that it is adopting, which is harming the country,” Harb told Voice of Lebanon (100.5) radio station.
“They could also end up with a vote of confidence,” the lawmaker said about the sessions that kick off on Tuesday to assess the government’s performance.
Harb hinted that the opposition would not resort to a confidence vote given that it lacks the majority support in the parliament.
He reiterated the accusation that the March 8 coalition turned the former majority into a minority through the force of Hizbullah’s arms.
Asked about which issue the opposition would seek to criticize the cabinet, Harb said: “We won’t know from where to start in criticizing this government given the amount of violations” it has committed.
“Not only the opposition is speaking about these violations but also the government itself,” he told VDL. “Cabinet members are accusing each other and the premier is accusing his ministers of seeking to strike side deals.”
Harb was referring to Miqati’s criticism of Finance Minister Mohammed Safadi for allegedly seeking to take a commission from the deal to lease power-generating vessels.
16 April 2012, 08:14
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Mr. Harb was Bank el Madina lawyer, should I say more about corruption? yeah why not, when he was Minister of LAbor he refused a salary raise because his boss HArriri is a company owner and thus doesn't wish to see his salaries budget increase. A bit more? he criticized a damm offered by Iran to a BAtroun caza village and wanted it stopped
16 April 2012, 09:43
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so according to you if a wolf pointed to other wolves we should not take it into consideration because he is a wolf ? he has a point when he says “Not only the opposition is speaking about these violations but also the government itself,” he told VDL. “Cabinet members are accusing each other and the premier is accusing his ministers of seeking to strike side deals.” but surely you are against, you dont want to see your government fails ! should i say loser or it just for FT ?
16 April 2012, 09:59
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I fully agree with you: he has the right to state his opinion and criticize the gouvernement elswise he wouldn't be the opposition. I just pointed out his past because (men themarihim ta3rifunahum) I wnated to give the right weight to his allegations. and yes I don't wish to see my governement fail i want to see it continue with it's achievements (DSL, 3.9G, electricity, raises...)
16 April 2012, 10:25
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Most of the achievments will not last, you ll see that because no real studies were caried ! the raises are too bad for the economy why ? because there is no consumer protection, if you want to maxi the lvl of life first thing you do is you put an effective system for consumer protection which will make sure that the prices will not go up in a peak but raising wagesl ike that is just suicide ! for electricity we didnt yet have it so i cant admit it is an achivement! For internet well still my parents are paying the same price for the same connection and all the people in Bikfaya and so many regions didnt notice any change so it is not an achievment on the national scale, so until now Kesrweneh the goverment is failing !
16 April 2012, 10:29
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and i am giving examples from real life , can you tell me that it is correct to have the price of Camembert le president 150g 14$ while i am buying the same in France for 1.4 euros ? and do you think that 40.000 L.L tanket l benzyne is a normal price ? and you didnt receive yet an electricity bill so when you ll pay it + the huge extra because the state needs to pay for the ships which will come from your and other lebanese pockets you ll feel it. But you always on a short term, the governemnt signed the wage hike so it is good they signed the vessels for electricity it is good, but what about the coming 5 years ? how people will continue living in an expensive country ?
16 April 2012, 11:51
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as for the raise it will be annual so no problem. regarding the prices: choosing one item isn't fair especially for some european brands that have a low quality image in their country of origin but a high end image in Leb (president, Bennetton, carrera, rayban...)electricity: saturday a new plant became operative in Feytroun and now the quality is better and the cuts are much less.and many more projects are being created so that we finally have a decent current in LEb. DSL was supposed to become national but Ogero Youssef halted it so it's an M14 problem.
16 April 2012, 11:52
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and finally you can't expect FPM to solve all the problems that 15 years of Harriri and Syrian gouvernement have created. let's see what happens in 2016
16 April 2012, 13:15
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it is not that we want the FPM alone to solve everything, it is what your boss wants and while the elections are approching he is not having so much time so some points have been maid without any studies ! you are puting sticks on your own wheels and your " let us do it fast and criticize the others because they didnt do " will kill you and will coast the state a huge amount of money ! bass keep beleiving that you are working for the country and the next elections will show us, keep in mind we got the registrations in lebanese embassies, so now we can vote from abroad ;)
16 April 2012, 18:28
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achievements from the gvt? lol only fpm sees some but the average citizen is still wondering how to make ends meet, people still die at the front of hospitals because they can t afford them, electricity? nothing new; buildings spreading everywhere without any organization...
oh! the latest poll on the quality of life in capital cities = beirut came 123 out of 127 cities! so tell me what acheivements?
oh! and the previous gvt under rafic hariri were pro syrians and if i recall lots of ministers in power were from the present M8, no?
concerning the gvt between 2005-2010= did M8 let the gvt do anything? all they did was to shut down the parliament and block any decisions made...
