Bassil Warns Cabinet against Failure to Adopt Electricity Draft Law
Energy and Water Minister Jebran Bassil warned that the cabinet will be tested on Tuesday concerning the adoption of the electricity draft law or it will have to face failure in its first assessment.
“The cabinet either adopts this vital issue that benefits all the Lebanese people and not just a certain part, and therefor achieves an accomplishment for the whole government parties… or it falls under failure from the beginning,” Bassil told As Safir newspaper.
He reiterated that the cabinet’s policy statement adopted the electricity draft law for the purpose of implementing it.
A ministerial meeting was held on Monday in an attempt to reach a final agreement on the electricity plan suggested by Bassil, under which $1.2 billion would be earmarked to build plants that would produce 700 Megawatts of electricity.
“We are always ready to clarify and answer any explanation about the plan and its feasibility,” he stressed.
The minister considered that this plan is vital to solve the electricity crisis.
“We are holding onto it and there’s no turning back, anyway we don’t want to harm the cabinet, but we’re not backing down,” Bassil said.
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