Report: Energy Ministry Civil Servants Sidelined by Bassil’s Advisors
Energy Minister Jebran Bassil has signed contracts with 40 people to assist him in the administration of his ministry, sidelining civil servants working in the institution, al-Liwaa daily reported Saturday.
The newspaper said that the 40 advisors have received large-scale authorities. They have assumed full control of all aspects of the ministry’s administration and limited the role of officials in several departments.
Bassil’s move has restricted the role of the energy ministry as a state institution, al-Liwaa claimed.
The minister is currently at the center of a dispute over a draft law that his father-in-law Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun has proposed to parliament.
The divided cabinet has so far failed to agree on the project which allocates $1.2 billion directly to Bassil to build power plants that would generate 700 megawatts of electricity.
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