Hasbani: Coming in a very dangerous situation unless

Deputy Prime Minister Ghbadan Hasbani said: "Corruption abolishes reforms, but reform reduces corruption, so if we are under pressure for a possible collapse, we can save the country from corruption. collapse and undertake reforms, why not. "

He stressed: "We have not entered the core of the reforms required and we are still in the crusts.If we do not get into the heart of the reforms, we are on the verge of a very serious situation. , the corruption of the causes of our deficit, and we must "inventory" the public institutions because some of them do not benefit more.Or role, we cancel some and we do others. "

He emphasized through the "MTV" that "the financial meeting held in Baabda is essential and important, as well as the role of Deputy Prime Minister in this meeting".

He added: "The Deputy Prime Minister should have been present before inviting people" guests "who are not interested in the dossier should support the position of the presidency office and its role in a comprehensive and integrated. "

Hasbani ruled out "the absence of deliberate intent." He felt that "all those who called themselves Orthodox do not have the right to speak on behalf of the Orthodox, members of this community belonging to several parties. We are proud of this diversity in our community, stressing that "attempts to marginalize Lebanese forces always" Sometimes you are involuntary and sometimes intentionally, we do not mean that our absence was intentional but we want to clarify things , no more no less."

Hasbani addressed the issue of budget and financial and economic realities by explaining: "We have made an effort in the 2019 budget to reduce the deficit on the ground, the current budget is not ideal and we have seen that A bloc in the Council was clear, it was late and reforms are minimal, "stressing that there" is a difference between structural reforms and austerity reforms "in narrow frameworks. "

He added: "We were the only ones who insisted that the discussion of the draft budget should be followed up at the Baabda session. only to announce budget approval, but from a basic session and not to make fun of the presence of President Michel Aoun. "

He added: "The first challenge is the budget deficit, the credit rating, noting that" if the degraded rating of Lebanon is to be absorbed, this rating is not subject to pressure. Note that the US rating has been downgraded in the past. We must demonstrate that the state is capable of serious management and reforms. "

He stressed that "we must accelerate and ensure the implementation of the electricity plan that has been agreed upon and that it is an essential step for the reform, and the Minister of Energy and Water, Nada Bustani, has not yet informed us of the delay of this plan and has made no report to the Council of Ministers ", noting that" In the sector This will happen because of the way the sector is managed, laws were promulgated in 2012 to sell cell phone companies to the private sector, and this has not been done yet. Sold, the Treasury will invest about $ 6 billion, which will help reduce the deficit and profits and inspire confidence.Investors, even if the laws are not applied in the telecommunications sector, become similar. Electricity.

He added: "What is needed is a political decision to reform the telecommunications sector.The response to my proposals to the cabinet has always been that it" has not the time "or" we want, but others will not accept it ".

Hasbani pointed out that "the international community is sending us messages that we understand and that we understand, and that warns us that there are different economic policies from the previous ones and that we need to take them into account."

During Prime Minister Saad Hariri's visit to the United States, Hasbani stressed that no government data on topics to be discussed between US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Hariri, said: "We can not not expect an increase in US sanctions against Hezbollah, because it is usually sudden, but we are still enthusiastic about the administration.The US must neutralize the banking sector against the sanctions imposed on the Hezbollah. "

He stressed that "the Council of Ministers must start to combat customs evasion and to close the illegal crossings immediately without bidding, to request a customs declaration at the source and to perform the scanner on the ports", adding: "If the situation remains the same, the same benefits will not be beneficial to the homeowners as the ceiling will collapse for everyone.We can not stop that."

"We can not be so" Lebanese forces "to be clearer than that and we hope the focus is on action, not on political competition, because we have to save the country from deterioration and those who want to campaign and presidential campaigns in time. "

Regarding the administrative appointments, Hasbani said: "I do not think that the administrative appointments will be presented at the first session and we always insist on the adoption of the mechanism in the nominations and I do not think that the there is an agreement between the parties on this subject, otherwise the appointments would have been submitted to the Council of Ministers. "

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