Electricity Plan Talks Postponed to Wednesday after Heated Debate
The joint parliamentary committees on Monday postponed discussions on the electricity plan to Wednesday, following verbal clashes between the rival March 8 and March 14 MPs.
The draft law will likely be put to a vote during Wednesday’s session, MTV reported.
The meeting of the joint committees was aimed at approving the electricity draft law to refer it to a legislative session for final endorsement.
Talks witnessed a heated debate between the two sides following an intense session last week over the technical and financial aspects of the $1.2 billion plan.
March 14 has criticized the bill for excluding the details of the original draft law that was approved by the cabinet on September 7. But sources close to Premier Najib Miqati rejected accusations of “duality” in the government’s stance.
The cabinet will strongly defend the electricity project in parliament, the sources told An Nahar daily, although they stressed that it is up to parliament to introduce changes to the draft law or adopt it as it was referred to it by the government.
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