Bassil Vows Action over Salameh's 'Coup'
Head of the Free Patriotic Movement Jebran Bassil said that the "sudden" lifting of subsidies by the Central Bank governor Riad Salameh is "a violation of the government’s decision and of Parliament's law."
Bassil tweeted on Thursday that the BDL is an independent public body "subject to the government and its decisions," and said that the central bank decision is "unilateral" and "sudden."
"The government has decided on a plan to gradually lift the subsidies, and has issued a law for an electronic cash card," Bassil clarified.
He added that "this is a new coup," calling on the FPM and the Lebanese to "get ready for action."
12 August 2021, 14:49
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The charlatan who wasted $50 billion on no electricity is worried about his cut from the Fuel smuggling racket. Since last year even when Lebanon was is complete lockdown and demand was at the lowest we imported much more fuel than the previous years, all of it was subsidized and most of it was and still is smuggled to Syrian.
13 August 2021, 06:44
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This guy loves to talk, but his party had the MoE for 12 years, and no electricity and now no fuel. I think he was thinking the subsidies would keep going so he could get elected as president, but the sanctioned failed minister, was wrong again.
13 August 2021, 07:59
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Bassil said that the "sudden" lifting of subsidies by the Central Bank governor Riad Salameh is "a violation of the government’s decision and of Parliament's law."
Good observation Mr. Bassil. Since we are talking, how about you admitting to violating every law in the book by raping the treasury of the ministry of electricity?
