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Acting Prime Minister Hassan Diab considered that “the crime of the time and this catastrophic explosion is one of the largest explosions in history. It is a disaster for Lebanon, Beirut and all Lebanese. It is the result of a way. of rampant corruption, and the worst is the corruption of minds. ” Because it leads to a permanent explosion of corruption, so it must be fought. There is no doubt that the sadness is deep and great for this calamity ”.
Diab noted in a television interview that “the revolution started from the movement of young men and women because I was close to them because I had taught young people in college for years, and I appreciated the difficulties of young men and women who had accumulated during decades, and their right to express their opinions and will. Most of the movements on the street have been underway since October 17, 2019 and were not born with the era of my government, and I hope the future of Beirut is bright , and may Beirut always remain a beacon, and will rise again as it did before.
In response to a question about the government’s responsibility for the port explosion, Diab announced that “it is not possible to put the 7-year date in the last 7 days, and I was going to visit the port, but in two hours I received 3 information different, and I asked to complete the file and collect truthful information. ” I sent the file to the relevant ministries for information, but the question is why did such a quantity of amine nitrate enter the port of Beirut? And why is it allowed? Fadi Sawan, and the latter visited me and informed me of all the information they had at that time. “
Regarding the Judicial Power, Diab explained that “the Judicial Power, like any institution, refines itself and is more aware of that, and I am convinced that the Judicial Power is independent from the Executive Power, and I have not emanated any political method in judicial appointments and formations because I believe that the Judiciary is I know that it can self-review, and the judiciary knows whether the port explosion was a terrorist act or not, or whether the Israelis are involved or not. “
He stressed that after the port explosion, “we formed a committee of ministers, and it was confirmed that the file would be sent from the Military Court to the Judiciary Council because the latter’s decision was firm and those affected by the explosion could file lawsuits for obtain their rights, and 100 billion pounds were distributed to all those affected by the explosion. ” Most of the files are under investigation and we are awaiting the results of the investigations, and we live in very difficult circumstances, and sadly, calamities have developed in this government, and I have requested satellite images from foreign countries, and still We have not received any images from the authorities that we have requested. .
Regarding that some call his government subordinate to Hezbollah, the head of the interim government stressed that he is “independent, and my government is not the government of Hezbollah, and in this circumstance a government of technocrats, nonpartisan ministers, no politicians, specialists and experts “.
In response to a question that it was a bridge to cross, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri stated that “I was not a bridge for anyone. I came with a mission, vision and national plan, and the mechanism for forming a technocratic government differs from that existed before Taif, and today we are in condition. There must be a severe government of technocrats to find a solution to the failures that afflicted the economy and the state, and the corrupt system is entrenched in the country and upsets any reform project Corruption is not a person but an organization, but a culture, and we must destroy it to generate the culture of the state and the citizen, not the culture of corruption. It has taken root in all the articulations of the state, and the first task of the The government was fighting corruption. Most of the government’s job is to prepare and establish a framework to fight corruption and dismantle the system. We request a criminal investigation to reach to financial crimes to get the names out.
And he considered that “corruption rules the state. I fought for appointments based on competition, and perhaps competition and friendship come together. There is no problem with that and there is no criteria but competition, and my previous promises were not a show. The ministerial declaration on the basis of which my government took confidence, in it there are 3 objectives “. “100 days, more than a year, goals to more than 3 years, and with respect to 100 days, we have achieved 32 goals out of 33, and we can return to the ministerial declaration for whoever pleases.”
He emphasized that he had only met with the President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun before his appointment, when he was Minister of Education and Higher Education, and explained that “our relationship is very good and is governed by the constitution, and it is a relationship friendly, there is relationship, warmth and respect, and I did not agree to the president.The Free Patriotic Movement, Gebran Bassil, was the reference of the constitution, and I contacted him both with him and with the heads of other blocs.
Diab insisted that “I was not wrong not to pay the Eurobond, or we should have made a historic decision quickly. Our goal was a rescheduling and not a restructuring of sovereign debt, and my wishes for the banking sector were not to sell Eurobonds, and The reprogramming takes one year, two years and 3 years, and the objective is to collect the years The three and throw them to later dates until the resurgence of the Lebanese economy, but much of the anvil was sold abroad, and it was a consensual decision the three presidents If we had paid the 5 billion, today we would have been left without support and we would have reached a more catastrophic situation than the current one.
In the dossier of the governor of the Banque du Liban, Riad Salameh, Diab considered that “there is no doubt that he has the support of the political and financial class, and there is no doubt that there is great support for Salameh, and he did not implement the decision of the Council of Ministers, “highlighting that his relationship with the Mufti of the Republic” has been excellent for years and not when I assumed the presidency of the Government. “
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