Aswad 'Disagrees' with Nasrallah on Corruption

MP Ziad Aswad of the Strong Lebanon bloc announced Sunday that he “disagrees” with Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on the issue of finding the best way to fight the rampant and chronic corruption in Lebanon.

“There is no doubt that the resistance is prepared to repel any military action against Lebanon and we won’t hesitate regarding what’s in the interest of defending Lebanon. Here we integrate and unite with it,” Aswad tweeted, in comments on Nasrallah’s Saturday night TV interview.

“But on the issue of curbing corruption, I believe that naming the corrupts and isolating them politically would be more useful than any legislation, with quicker and better results for the Lebanese,” the MP added.

“One can’t fight the corruption of yesterday or the corruption of tomorrow through turning a blind eye… I’m sorry Your Eminence, Sayyed (Nasrallah), but I don’t agree with you on curbing corruption in this manner, because it will encourage the persistence of corrupts, who would take advantage of your tolerance over what has been stolen,” Aswad went on to say.