Miqati ‘Liberates’ Telecom Ministry from ‘Troublemaker’ Nahhas
Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun has allegedly accepted to give up his demand to keep Caretaker Telecommunications Minister Charbel Nahhas in his post after being pressured by his allies.
Al-Liwaa daily said that a settlement was reached between Aoun and Premier-designate Najib Miqati who succeeded in “liberating” the telecom ministry from “the grip of troublemaker” Nahhas and allotting the labor portfolio to him instead.
Under the deal, the telecom ministry would be headed by Gaby Layyoun, an Orthodox from Zahle.
According to pan-Arab newspaper al-Hayat, several of Aoun’s allies asked him to give up his demand for keeping Nahhas in his post because “Miqati can’t tolerate him.”
Aoun met their requests not only to satisfy his allies but also taking their advice as an excuse to replace Nahhas with Layyoun.
Unlike al-Liwaa, al-Hayat said that the caretaker minister would be allotted the industry ministry or appointed as minister of state. The March 8 forces agreed to this move to shrug off statements that keeping Nahhas away from the new cabinet was a “reward” to Internal Security Forces chief Maj. Gen. Ashraf Rifi.
Nahhas is at loggerheads with Rifi over a dispute on a third GSM network located on the second floor of a building associated with the telecom ministry in Beirut’s Adliyeh area.
The caretaker minister sought last month to dismantle the equipment of the controversial network but the ISF led by Rifi prevented him from entering the second floor.
almost 13 years
That's a lie , GMA keeps the telecom ministry , and minister Nahas will remain in his office as minister of telecom .
This lie reminds us another imposture , the one done by France 24 when they announced the Syrian Ambassador's resignation !!!
almost 13 years
Ministers who claim to be clean are a dime a dozen. Nahas is just another one of them. Give me a minister that can deliver a fast Internet connection and 3G/4G mobile networks instead of just talking about them. Come on, being clean is not an indication of anything. It just means that you're not doing any work.
almost 13 years
nahass the name says it all.
almost 13 years
Le Fini is always right and his Béatitude Patriarch Boulas Matar and President Michel Aoun will back me up on this.
almost 13 years
Nahas is the best minister this country has seen....Tarator if you read a bit more the news you would know that the minister is working hard to get you both 3.9G and fiber to the curb. 3G is to be completed in the fall...granted they allow him to do so
almost 13 years
mabrouk ya mounir
Nahhas should be put on trial and away to prison....Aoun should be next.