Bassil slams 'intentional power cuts' as 'crime against the people'
Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil on Monday accused rival political parties of subjecting the people to “intentional power cuts” with the aim of “spiting” the FPM.
“Intentional power cuts are a crime that is being committed by the state against its people,” Bassil said in a video posted on social media.
“This crime passed through several stages, such as subsidizing electricity by the 1994 Hariri government, rejecting a tariff hike by several parties, blocking the electricity plan, specifically by not paying the Deir Amar plant contractor, parliament’s failure to approve the coastal gas pipeline and the failure to appoint a regulatory commission,” Bassil added.
“They have stopped purchasing fuel since October 17 (2019) and they have refused to end subsidization and hike the tariff… This would have spared people the hefty power bills” that are being paid to neighborhood generator providers, the FPM chief lamented.
“All of this is aimed at spiting us,” he decried.
He added: “They don’t have money to purchase fuel for power plants but they have money to buy fuel for power generators.”
“A crime is being committed against an entire people only to spite us… How can such officials build a state?” Bassil went on to say.
22 August 2022, 18:45
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"constantine 7 hours ago
The voice of justice."
"constantine 1 hour ago
Without the FPM at the helm there would be no Lebanon."
"constantine 12 minutes ago
Allah yi7meek President Bassil"
"constantine 7 hours ago 20
Words of wisdom Gebran."
22 August 2022, 18:46
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"libanaisresilient 4 hours ago
Long live Bassil the future President of Lebanese republic!"
"libanaisresilient 13 hours ago
OMG another big step towards the Presidency! Long live Bassil! You're the Man!"
"libanaisresilient 23 minutes ago
You're the man!!! Keep it up!
22 August 2022, 18:46
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"incognito 25 minutes ago
Long Live Bassil, the only living Saint in Lebanon"
22 August 2022, 18:46
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and finally:
"the_roar:
Ladies and Gentlemen: Today you have just listened to the future president of Lebanon. Learn people, learn!"
22 August 2022, 21:24
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If for every Muslim it’s a moral duty to deal with Salman Rushdie , it’s for every Lebanese a moral duty to deal with Bassil.
23 August 2022, 08:07
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What a narcissistic POC. His party has been in charge of the ministry for a dozen years and they have built ZERO power plants, and the ones that get proposed get mysteriously dropped for various reasons.
It figures that he would only post a video without doing an actual interview because even the OTV broadcasters would ask the most basic questions which would make him look even worse.
I can't believe that people voted for him....
