“Is there a crime more heinous than the killing of three Lebanese citizens today at gas stations in the north?” questioned Lebanese Forces Party Chief, Samir Geagea, in an issued statement today.
“The President of the Republic, the caretaker Prime Minister and the caretaker government are responsible for what the Lebanese have reached in their daily lives,” Geagea said.
He added: “For the past year and a half, and to-date, billions of dollars have been wasted before their eyes under the subsidy pretext, either smuggled to Syria or channeled to some of the major traders and importers, or wasted through blind subsidy, with no action taken until we reached our current status.”
“The billions that were wasted would have sufficed the needy families in Lebanon for the next five years at least,” Geagea went on, adding that “even after we have reached this point, they are still reluctant to take any decision.”
“They do not seek to obtain any specific external aid, gift or loan to continue the rationalized subsidy on one hand, nor do they want to work on lifting subsidies on the other hand, which leads to emptying the Lebanese market of many of the raw materials that the citizen needs daily, including medicine, gasoline and diesel, to other needs,” the LF Chief maintained.
Addressing the concerned officials, Geagea said: “By God, either you find a way to manage your affairs, outside the mandatory reserve that belongs to the people, or you lift the subsidy and spare the Lebanese citizens from dying daily at gas stations, diesel depots and pharmacies!”
Source: National News Agency