Qortbawi Hesitant on Approval of Treasury Loan to Fund STL
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Justice Minister Shakib Qortbawi hasn’t so far expressed his opinion on a letter sent to the cabinet by Finance Minister Mohammad Safadi demanding a loan from the treasury to pay Lebanon’s share of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s budget, sources said Monday.
The sources told several dailies that Qortbawi’s lack of response goes back to the need to hold consultations with Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun and to his belief that the cabinet should decide on the matter.
Qortbawi later told Akhbar al-Yawm news agency that the funding should be discussed at cabinet.
Asked if the funding should be made from his ministry’s budget, he replied: “We don’t have a budget to begin with.”
He added that he does not know how the tribunal will be funded, stressing that cabinet should take the appropriate decision on this issue.
Qortbawi is one of the ministers representing Aoun in the cabinet. The FPM chief and Hizbullah have made their stances clear that they oppose to fund the STL.
Safadi has sent the letter with the approval of Premier Najib Miqati who is seeking a cabinet consensus on the funding.
Informed sources said that the failure of Qortbawi to approve the treasury loan would be an obstacle to the government’s approval of the STL funding.
21 November 2011, 13:39
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NOOO...keep the cash, Bashar is out of foreign currencies, he hasn't stolen enough from us yet...
Keep it, Gebran Bassil needs his 300,000,000$ commission on the EDL deal...
Keep, it, we need to rebuild part od the Dahieh infrastructure at twice the price...
Keep it, the Hezbollah people have not paid their electricity bill for 3 decades...
Keep it, the casino money is not enough to finance the syrian regime...
Keep it, to pay the thousands of fake employees in our administrations, sent by Berri...
Keep it, we have to recover from:
- The 2006 war
- The occupation of the Beirut Central District
- May 7th
Etc...
Keep it! Who wants justice to see the light in Lebanon...
21 November 2011, 15:45
04
Ooooooh...."Saad made another 10 Billion"....hmmmm....so there ARE (still) people who are not informed about saad's financial problems....
I wouldn't have thought so...
21 November 2011, 15:55
04
@mowaten
Don't bring along the EDL plan! I have posted on this site and to your face the previous plan that had been rejected by YOUR mister of Electricity. I have posted links and quotes from the Electricity Sector Public Expenditure Review of 2008 and you still don't want to get it! Suit yourself.
21 November 2011, 19:28
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Well ask your good friends about the expenses from 2005 to 2011. They were in the government too, and with a blockage minority! They blocked everything, and suffocated this country!
So now, saad would have stolen 10B$ under their noses... hahahaha...ok mowaten...whatever! Your insinuations are ridiculous.
I am no fan of saad, but your crap moves me more towards him than against!
