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Nahas to LBC: High time to settle electricity dispute

07-09-2011 | 07:48

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Labor Minister Charbel Nahas stressed that the cabinet needs to make a final decision on the electricity plan.

“The cabinet faces two choices either to reach a unanimous agreement or to resort to a vote because the issue cannot tolerate any further delay”, Nahas told As-Safir daily.

Nahas added that discussions on the electricity plan were exhausted after all concerned parties weighed in on the electricity plan’s technical aspect.

“It is high time for everyone to determine their stances on the electricity plan without going around in circles”, Nahas told the newspaper, ruling out the possibility of making fundamental changes to the plan.

Speaking to Al-Liwaa daily, Nahas revealed that the latest discussions did not amount to any breakthroughs in the electricity plan, voicing hope that contacts will “untie the knots” hindering its adoption.

Denying reports of his desire to resign, Nahas added: “We have no choice but to resort to a vote should we fail to reach an agreement.”

Al-Akhbar daily quoted Labor Nahas as saying: “The cabinet should seize this opportunity to emphasize its commitment to the political statement by adjusting the national economic cycle and breathing new life into state’s institutions”.

Nahas added that the facts at his disposal are pushing him to be more firm and to tie the government’s survival to a clear and well-defined agenda.

“In the absence of a common vision amongst ministers, the reasons why we participate in the government will cease to exist”, the minister told Al-Akhbar.

Speaking on the problems encountered by the cabinet, Nahas said: “The problems go beyond impeding public investment in electricity supply; the real risk stems from the resurfacing issue of increasing the Value Added Tax (VAT) from 10% to 12%.”

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