The head of the Progressive Socialist Party, MP Taymour Jumblatt, chaired the meeting of the “Democratic Gathering” bloc in Clemenceau, in the presence of the deputies: Akram Chehayeb, Marwan Hamadeh, Bilal Abdullah, Wael Abu Faour, Hadi Abu Al-Hassan, and Faisal Al-Sayegh, the party’s general secretary, Dhafer Nasser, and the deputy’s advisor. Jumblatt Hossam Harb.
During the meeting, various current developments and basic files were presented.
The meeting affirmed, in a statement, after the meeting, “his vision to approach the political crisis, how to get out of it and achieve the presidential election, which was previously expressed by the head of the bloc in his meeting with the French envoy, Jean-Yves Le Drian, on the basis of meaningful dialogue, leading to a settlement that allows the election of a president.” Republic and the formation of an effective government.
And he declared that he “insists on the need to implement the required reforms, which begin above all with stopping waste and corruption in the electricity sector, which has drained 24 billion dollars in the last ten years from the public treasury and citizens’ money for the benefit of the beneficiaries who affected the account of the public debt counter, and this is what requires the application of the law.” enforceable, the establishment of the Electricity Regulatory Authority, and the accountability of all those involved in this ongoing scandal under the title of advances and suspicious fuel ships.
The meeting renewed the demand for the implementation of the direct measures that the Progressive Socialist Party had proposed to propose many of them, specifically in the financial file and the draft general budget instead of the approved patching method. Inflated state expenditures, reducing tax evasion, combating smuggling, and controlling legal and illegal crossings.
He called for “action by the judiciary and the Court of Accounts after referring the Minister of Interior to what is happening in the interest of registering (useful) vehicles and vehicles, as the state treasury incurs great losses and misses the opportunity to collect basic income, due to the cessation of the provision of services and the suspicious dispute over the operating contract, and the absence of prior control and accountability. In the future, what all this leads to is the delay in completing the citizens’ transactions and incurring them more expenses that go into the pockets of the brokers.
The statement affirmed, “Following up his movement in the educational file, according to the proposals he placed in the custody of the concerned parties, and the need to provide the necessary funding to start the academic year and protect the students’ right to education and the rights of teachers, and that the Lebanese University be granted all the funding required to continue its national academic mission.”
He called on the relevant ministries to take serious action in the health and food file in which he was informed, and not to leave citizens prey to negligence in the safety of food or the lack of hospital and medical capacity they have, and for the oversight authorities to play their role in the legal and judicial prosecution of anyone who begged himself to trade in health. the people”.
2023-08-31 17:35:11
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