Yassine Jaber, a member of the Development and Liberation bloc led by Speaker Nabih Berri, criticized the management of the electricity file in the country and the adoption of the power-generating ships as a solution. He called for a meeting of Lebanese leaders in the presidential palace to draw up a national plan to solve the electricity crisis.
In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Jaber accused the Minister of Energy in the caretaker government, Cesar Abi Khalil, of “adopting the single solution of buying electricity from ships.”
In this context, Jaber revealed a “$1.5 billion offer by the World Bank to Lebanon to support electricity and contribute to the reform of this sector, but which was met with carelessness by the ministry of energy.”
“The electricity crisis is a national disaster, and it cannot continue in light of the huge deficit in state finances,” he noted.
On the other hand, Jaber expressed his regret that all the challenges and threats facing Lebanon did not push the officials to form a government, especially that the Lebanese regime after the Taif has put the full authority in the hands of the government.
He called on all officials and leaders to “act with modesty and offer compromises to reach a solution that would produce a national unity government, adding that a majority government could be born “under the current circumstances that cannot withstand further divisions.”
“Is it reasonable to go into an internal confrontation, with everything going wrong, especially as external challenges are big and require the greatest unity and responsibility?” He asked.
While Jaber did not underestimate the seriousness of the Israeli threats against Lebanon, he said he did not think that the situation was heading towards a war.
