Al-Akhbar, quoting Berri: From here until April, if the government is not formed, there will be no country and no electricity.

Al-Akhbar, quoting Berri: From here until April, if the government is not formed, there will be no country and no electricity.

The Al-Akhbar newspaper reported that EDL will not receive an advance to buy fuel soon. This is an issue that was not addressed by the Twelfth Annual Tax Law, which was approved by Parliament last month. The predecessor is not included in the Twelver rule and must therefore be approved again. However, because the budget was in the news, Energy Minister Raymond Ghajar went to Ein El-Tineh on February 17 to discuss the matter with President Nabih Berri. The official notice says that the general conditions and matters related to the electricity sector and the work of the Ministry of Energy were discussed. In detail, the purpose of the visit was the same: to ask the President of Parliament to approve the approval of a law authorizing an advance of 1.5 billion pounds to be delivered to the EDL, so that it can continue to buy fuel for production. floors. But President Nabih Berri was clear and direct in rejecting the request, stating that he could not go on to approve £ 1.5bn while the country is bankrupt, and the government has yet to resolve the issue of streamlining support. He also referred Ghajar to the President of the Republic, indicating that the key to the solution is the formation of the government. In addition, after being asked about the date the advance was exhausted, Berri said: From now until April, if the government is not formed, there will be no country or electricity. In fact, Ghajar wasted no time in visiting President Michel Aoun (February 19) to discuss the issue with him and inform him of the outcome of his visit to Berri. On this occasion, the news disseminated through the National Agency was clearer, indicating that “during the meeting they discussed ways to ensure the continuity of the production of power plants by current during the next period”, in addition to informing you of “the Steps taken by the Lebanese Electricity Corporation to gradually restore electricity to Lebanese regions after “The complete outage caused by the snowstorm that hit Lebanon.”