Aoun: Govt. Must Give Answer on Electricity Project Tomorrow
Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun accused on Tuesday the sides seeking to obstruct the electricity draft law of wanting to pass the law at an “insignificant cost,” stressing that the movement will not compromise over the law or granting the people electricity.
He said after the Change and Reform bloc’s weekly meeting: “Our commitment to the electricity project is not political maneuvering and the government must give an answer tomorrow during the cabinet session.”
“We want to provide all the Lebanese with electricity and we challenge anyone to present any technical flaw in it,” he said.
“We want to find out who our friends and foes are. The government committed to the draft law and we will not fall victim to some people’s whims,” Aoun added.
“They will then see whether I am bold enough to withdraw from government. They’re right to believe that I won’t resign,” he noted.
On Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea’s statements on Monday that Aoun presented the draft law on a simple A4 paper, the MP responded: “He is misleading the public. An issue as important as the electricity file should not be subject to spite.”
Geagea had stated on Monday that the manner in which the law was presented is “not normal as no one is prepared to agree on the spending of $1.2 billion based on a two-page proposal.”
Aoun continued: “All these maneuvers are an attempt to curb our power. We can present concessions over anything except this proposal. We will not compromise over the electricity file.”
On the imprisonment of retired Brigadier General Fayez Karam on charges of collaborating with Israel, the MP said: “I have taken sides in this case and Hizbullah has not presented a position that opposes mine on this matter.”
“I was told that Karam immediately confessed to the crime, but it was later revealed that no tangible evidence was presented before the investigation. They haven’t even proven that his phones were used to contact Israel,” he stated.
“They claim that everything is recorded and when we asked to see these records, they refused. Why were they destroyed?” asked the FPM leader.
“We still don’t know how Karam confessed so coldly to the crime. What state was he in during the investigation? Was he drugged?” he wondered.
On Saturday, Karam was sentenced to two years in jail with hard labor on charges of collaborating with Israel.
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