Change and Reform Rejects Alleged Parliament Deal that ‘Targets Accountability'
Change and Reform bloc MP Ibrahim Kanaan, who has proposed a draft law on the transportation allowance, rejected an alleged deal to garner a parliamentary support for his suggestion in return for the legalization of spending made above 2005 levels.
In remarks to An Nahar daily published Thursday, Kanaan said: “I don’t think that any official or lawmaker can tolerate the offense of such a settlement that hits sound governmental effort allowing cabinet spending and targets accountability and transparency.”
His remark came after reports said a deal was struck between top officials on Wednesday for the opposition March 14 lawmakers to support Kanaan’s draft law and a $5.9 billion 2011 spending bill that would legalize spending by the government above 2005 levels in return for dropping demands by the Change and Reform bloc to see the accounts of spending made by the previous governments of Fouad Saniora and Saad Hariri.
The parliamentary majority and mainly the Change and Reform bloc of MP Michel Aoun has accused Saniora and Hariri of corruption while spending $11 billion above the budget ceiling and called for holding them accountable.
Other sources from Aoun’s bloc told An Nahar that attempts to link the $5.9 billion spending bill with the $11 billion spent by the previous governments are not acceptable.
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