Geagea Says Some Still Insisting on Shady Deals in Electricity File

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Tuesday warned that some parties are still insisting on making shady deals in the electricity file.

“It is not only the LF that is raising remarks over the electricity plan but rather the entire universe, from the CEDRE donors to the World Bank and the European Central Bank to political parties and every citizen from the northern border to the southern border. They are all calling for a healthy and drastic solution for the electricity file that would end wastage and restore power feed,” Geagea said in an interview with the Central News Agency.

“Even in the ministerial panel tasked with studying the electricity plan, our stances are complementing those of the Free Patriotic Movement's allies, so why are they targeting the LF exclusively and launching personal insults against it?” the LF leader asked.

He added: “In my opinion, some are still insisting and carrying on with the shady deals and they are trying to approve the (power generating) ships where the major interests lie and this is the main point.”

And noting that the LF's “fierce opposition is harming these very interests and blocking them,” Geagea said “a lot of the LF's remarks were endorsed” during Monday's ministerial meeting on the electricity file.

“This proves that the electricity file has nothing to do with the fabricated political clash,” the LF leader added.