Cabinet's Political Bickering Continues on Thorny Electricity Issue

and they say m14 did this and that :)
this cabinet is driving the country down the drain with their bickering and stupidity.
theses boys know nothing about governing and running a country.

Yes and no--this is not the first time that EDL had been given funds for something, whether paying fuel, workers or other expenses. The money itself was allocated over a month ago, so there should have been communcition from ALL sides about the procedure. Everyone heard the news--so who follows up with it? If the minister of energy or the head of EDL don't then they are at least equally at fault.

If you get approved for a loan at the bank (and notified about it) and you don't ask how to get the money, whose fault would it be that you didn't get the money?

7abeebi the payment was transferred to EDL a month and a half ago.. cant he communicate with his peers if does not know what to do?
what i am laughing at is Bassil didnt even know safadi had transferred the money in the first place.. shoo hal aflaton taba3ak...what does auditing have anything to do with the subject at hand???

you cannot compare the dealings of a govt to a bank loan ya FT.. the finance ministry is there to do just that.. finance.. not do all the deals for electricity, public works, among others.
after the deal was approved by the ministers it was safadis job to transfer the money into the central bank account of the EDL (or the energy ministry is more like it ya aflaton accordion) it is not the finance ministry's job to follow the deal that the energy ministry signed with any private or public company.. and make sure all the clauses of the contract are fulfilled.. shoo hal ghabe2 hayda.. so what exactly is gebrans job.. to delegate? what a sham to try and act bright.
the same applies to public works.. the money that is approved by the govt is deposited into their account and THEY ensure smooth payment procedures and contract fulfillment.
ya 7aram.. with people like these defending him he really doesnt need any more enemies.

"opening an account? why didnt the ministry of finance open it? is EDL responsible for that?"

leh 7abeebi?? the contract is between power supplying ships companies and the Energy Ministry of Lebanon... how is the finance minister going to open another account for the Energy Ministry? the energy minister is the one who opens accounts for the energy ministry..
1+1=2 lets start there and move up one step at a time.

now thumb this down all you want, it doesnt make it less true, and it wont make FPM lovers brighter one iota.

mowaten that is all speculation.. what i am talking about is when the funds have been allocated.. i.e. made available for deposit.. i am sure bassil has to check the contract and see what the document he signed stipulates... if it requires opening an account specifically for this purpose it is Bassil's job to open the account.. not safadi to tell him..
i am sure there is a lot of politics happening but that does not excuse bassil as a minister of fulfilling his obligations under the contract.. and ensuring that the funds are made available once the account is opened.

mowaten.. what i am saying.. and i understand your point... is there are standard practices in intra-govt agency dealings... like said below .. either the agreement when the funds were asked for were to directly be deposited into the main Ministry account for further allocation by the energy minister, or there were prior requirements that were set when the funds were approved.. you cannot tell me the minister of a concerned ministry did not know that this specific scenario required him to open a new account for the transfer to be done.. if that is the case all our ministers would be working on guess work.. and as you say which i found humorous, crystal balls and coffee cup readings..

So why did the Ministry of Finance not pay to the Turkish Company direct.
Maybe in order that a few more hands could get % of it on the way?
Sorry but the excuses seem very feeble to me.

he signs things--to his credit, he signed the IMEWE cable agreement, but that's all he did. He didn't think that the cable connection would be more useful if the centrals were connected by fiber optic. He is almost as short sighted as his height. The electric sector is getting worse each year under his 'patrionage'.

Coming up with plans is easy--hey build more power plants. It's not rocket science. Executing the plan is where leadership is needed---he is completely lacking in that category. Most people refer to him as the son in law and are certain that if he didn't marry who he did, he wouldn't be anywhere near a minister let alone be one.

As for internet speeds, they have improved, but are still mediocre at best. The people who are brag about mediocrity, don't have much else to say.

@accordionman The latter comment makes me wonder either you are an illusionist or living in wonderland, for a telecom expert like you, do you really believe LOWEST CELL PHONE BILL or CALL compensates the LOWEST SERVICE and QUALITY OFFERINGS in the entire world, we are far behind AFRICA dear, we're the people that first introduced GSM in this region and now we are way behind, so please the excuse of low tariff plan vs. quality is something you should pay attention to, simply you can not sustain a decent VOICE CALL, and please let us not talk about 4G when 3G is far from any decent KPI in AFRICA even for that matter, I am certain you are not DATA user. now electricity 24/7 in 3 years since when today from you the expert trust me we've heard that 3 years ago from the same minster himself. So enough said and enough of bickering let all the politicians stick to their normal day jobs far from being in the public spot light as it will do them better.

ther e is not just DT that was rebuilt under hariri lol !

LOL : just read what aoun said about where the gvt s money used to go during the syrian occupation... or you just forgot alzheimer FPMer?
a little example: hariri wanted to rebuild the railroad system (i have already sent you the links about it!) but no MP agreeed because it would have hurt heir businesses!! among whom some of you preent allies...
true he made solidere, true he bought for a small price properties but this shall not make you forget all what he brought to lebanon too! but i guess it is against your propaganda...
so educate yourself instead of reserving us your same old propaganda... ok kiddie?

oh!!! poor FT is not happy because he has the proof of the inefficiency of a gvt unable to communicate between themselves? so Poor FT gets angry and insults those who pinpoint that!

and as usaul FT answers beside the point! "i've never seen one so happy that his country is passing through hard times" we are talking about gvt inefficiency moron! what does that have to do with hard times? LOL
or you seem to believe that your gvt IS the country LOL!!!!!!

stupid as ever you d better not answer to try to look smart, it only makes you look the contrary!