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Beirut: Social media is witnessing controversy over shipping “Ceylon tea.” Sri Lanka announced a donation to Lebanon, and the presidency earned it from the families of the soldiers of the Republican Guard Brigade.
The story began after the explosion of the port of the capital Beirut, on August 4, which left 191 dead, some 6,000 injured and dozens missing, in addition to massive material damage, and losses of more than 15,000 million dollars, according to figures. unlimited officers.
At that time, the Lebanese presidency said, through its Twitter account, that “President (Michel) Aoun met with the Sri Lankan ambassador to Lebanon, who conveyed his country’s condolences to the victims of the explosion. from the port of Beirut, and announced that Sri Lanka had provided 1,675 kilograms of Ceylon tea for those affected by the explosion.
President Aoun met with the Sri Lankan ambassador to Lebanon, who conveyed his country’s condolences to the victims of the Beirut port explosion and announced that Sri Lanka had provided 1,675 kilograms of Ceylon tea for the benefit of those affected. for the explosion, considering that such assistance expresses the friendship between the Lebanese and Sri Lankan peoples. pic.twitter.com/gMUym7RpvR
– Lebanese Presidency (@LBpresidency) August 24, 2020
Announcing a customary reaction in such situations, the presidency said in a statement Tuesday that President Aoun had sent a letter to Sri Lankan President Gautapaya Rajapaksa, thanking him for sending him a gift of tea.
However, the statement contained what led to the condemnation and ridicule of the Lebanese, as it revealed that “tea was distributed to the families of the soldiers of the Republican Guard Brigade.”
Since this statement, social media sites in Lebanon have been inundated with a wave of condemnation and derision from citizens who criticize the distribution of “gifts of tea” to Republican Guard families, while it is primarily for those affected by the explosion.
# Ceylon tea and tea thieves top the list of the most popular hashtags among Lebanese on Twitter.
And the singer, Lucien Borgeli, considered that “the saddest thing about stealing tea and not distributing it to those affected is this blatant admission that (they) acted with the help as they wanted (as they wanted) and distributed it to the unaffected.”
Christian tweeted: “My thief is electrocuted and what appears to be my thief is tea.”
Thanks for the donation!
But next time, give it to the NGOs, as the Presidency announced that tea was distributed to the families of the soldiers of the presidential guard. And I don’t think they are among those affected by the explosion.@MFA_SriLanka @slinlbano# Where_silani https://t.co/AuwLqMahCI– Tony Nasr (@ tonynasr1) September 8, 2020
Adham Al-Hassania wrote: “An exclusive photo of the Baabda Palace Garden, showing the families of the Republican Guard.” He attached the tweet to an image of a huge kettle inside a garden.
Shadi Abdel-Jalil tweeted: “Sayed Aoun was aware of the presence of explosives in the port, but (he does not have) the powers to act … but they have the power to act with the help that reaches the people who have been damaged and denied. “
According to preliminary official estimates, the port explosion occurred due to some 2,750 tonnes of “ammonium nitrate”, a highly explosive substance that had been confiscated and stored since 2014.
With the electronic outrage over the distribution of the “gift of tea”, the Lebanese presidency issued a statement on Wednesday, stating that “the shipment from Sri Lanka is double, 1000 packages of food products for the Lebanese and 1675 kilograms of tea is a gift. to His Excellency the President General Michel Aoun “.
He added that “the gift of tea was distributed to the soldiers of the Republican Guard Brigade, according to the custom of the President of the Republic of distributing gifts of food and supplies that come to the soldiers of the brigade.”
The presidency was surprised that some denounced “the fact that the soldiers of the Republican Guard Brigade obtained a can of tea, knowing that among them were those who were damaged by the explosion in the port of Beirut, as well as other citizens ”.
He had 1675 kg of tea, and I thought it was more than …
– Dima Sadek (@DimaSadek) September 8, 2020
The repercussions of this explosion aggravated the situation in a country that for months has been suffering the worst economic crisis in its modern history, and a strong political polarization, in a scenario in which the interests of regional and western countries are in conflict.
Six days after the explosion, the Hassan Diab government resigned and on August 31, President Aoun appointed Mustafa Adeeb to form a government to replace the Diab government, which took office on February 11.
The Diab government succeeded the Saad Hariri government, who resigned on October 29, under pressure from protesters who raised economic and political demands, including the departure of the ruling political class, which they accuse of corruption and incompetence.
Anatolia
News about the discovery of a quantity of Mauritanian fish in the refrigerator of Minister Wael Abu Faour. Information not confirmed.
Do you remember the nose of our minister, 4 years ago, when staying in a Mauritanian hotel on the occasion of the Arab summit of Nouakchott?
Thus wounding the Mauritanian people, they responded with the language of the poets of Beni Chinguetti, the mentor.# I want my fish pic.twitter.com/9klB5Lc9Gx– Mohammad Nazzal – محمّد نزّال (@m_k_nazzal) September 7, 2020
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