Jumblat Lashes Out at Negligence at State Facilities, Vows Food Safety Campaign to Continue
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Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat slammed on Wednesday the negligence and decay at state facilities, vowing that the food safety campaign will continue.
“The scandal that hit food storage areas at the Rafik Hariri International Airport shows that decay and negligence is affecting all state facilities,” Jumblat said a day after his aide, Health Minister Wael Abou Faour, lashed out at the “barn” and “death chambers for the citizens' health” at the facility.
Jumblat lauded the ongoing food safety campaign by Abou Faour, stressing that the “snowball has started to grow and will not stop.”
“You feel you are entering a dump when you go into the depots,” Abou Faour said on Tuesday during a joint press conference with Public Works and Transport Minister Ghazi Zoaiter.
The PSP chief wondered about the stance of the civil society and tourism institutions, restaurants and hotels from the food scandals.
“Shouldn't they at least sound the alarm over the citizens' safety?”
He considered the notorious Beirut slaughterhouse and the airport depots as “death freezers,” describing the civil society as “salons without any content.”
Abou Faour has been launching a campaign against institutions that have violated food safety standards.
His campaign has so far led to the closure of slaughterhouses, restaurants, dairy factories and other institutions.
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24 December 2014, 12:39
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I don't know why I keep having this feeling, that Jumblatt is the reincarnation of Salvador Dally.
24 December 2014, 14:01
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Hi Ex. Jumblatt not only does not enjoy any credibility of any kind, but must also be seen as a wasted talent. Look at it how I do: We Lebanese have two world class clowns known as Jumblat and Aoun. We could make lots of money with these two jesters by making them perform on the world's most renowned circuses and stages. What a shame for missing out on such very rare talents.
24 December 2014, 16:15
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I do not agree with Mr. Jumblat on many issues but waht minister abou faour is doing is commendable.How could anyone fault the minister for a good job. He is doing his job. I wish all others were doing 1/4 what abou faour is doing.He is trying to clean up the filth that Lebanon has become.
24 December 2014, 17:31
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You're perfectly right @Eli and truly sorry, we did stray off the main topic without noticing, nevertheless I fully agree with you, Abou Faour is doing a great job, hence my repeated praise, support and commendation for him in every post that bears his work. But you see, where it pertains to Jombie, one can't help it but make remarks befitting world class clowns. Anyway....
