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In response to what was mentioned on the Al-Jadid channel on 12/27/2020 during the event program with journalist Samar Abu Khalil and Professor Jean Aziz and in the report prepared by journalist Hadi Al-Amin on the evening news of the same day on the subject of the mandate and resignation sent to the Banque du Liban, which is usually attached In the opening credit books for the purchase of fuel, which included fallacies, the least described is the misunderstanding and interpretation, and to avoid deception of public opinion, I hope the following is clarified:
First: I remind Al-Jadeed station that I was the first to ask Electricity de France (EDF) to carry out the necessary laboratory tests to guarantee the quality of the fuel used in the Lebanese Electricity Laboratories in July 2019, and In my tweet of April 5, 2020, I announced the publication of a result. Controls demanded that the doctored fuel file be brought to an end and all involved held accountable. This tweet constituted the first spark for the launch of the judicial investigations that were called in the context of my testimony, since it provided the Judiciary with the reports of the Council of Ministers that prove beyond any doubt that the ministers of the powerful Lebanese bloc are the the only ones that required the cancellation of import contracts, a transparent bidding process, or at least the modification of the terms of the current contract.
Second: The authorization and assignment letter that all successive energy ministers have sent from 2005 to today, accompanied by opening documentary letters of credits for the purchase of fuel oil or gas oil from the Algerian companies Sonatrach and KPC, is a procedure purely administrative approved at the request of the Bank of Lebanon in order to speed up and facilitate the opening process. Credits and surplus to the treasury to pay compensation for the delay in unloading the cargo from the ship in case of missing documents or typographical errors, and does not oblige the Lebanese state represented by the Ministry of Energy to pay any sum in the event that it is determined that the shipment does not meet the specifications, and this is what actually happened in the file of the ship “Baltic” when requested The Minister of Energy suspended the process of opening the accreditation after the issuance of the results of the laboratory tests indicating that the fuel shipment was invalid.
Consequently, opening the letter of credit does not in any way mean transferring the sums to the account of the supplying company, but rather a guarantee from the state that the funds are available and ready for payment upon the ship’s arrival in Lebanon and for ensure the authenticity of your documents and their compliance with the specifications established by the EDL.
