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violating food safety should not be treated
leniently.
Lebanese authorities have recently
cracked down on warehouses storing
rotten food being distributed to local
markets and restaurants.
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Mikati to present alternative solution
for electricity problem
Mikati added that the document will
clarify the reasons why he has been
expressing reservations on the powergenerating
ships which Energy Minister
Gebran Bassil intends to rent.
Mikati also responded to Speaker Nabih
Berri, who said last week that he would
call for an accountability parliament
session “in case the government did not
fulfill its promises to take a number of
steps to [carry out] the oil exploration
file.”
Prime Minister Najib Mikati said in
remarks published on Friday that he will
suggest “an alternative solution” for
Lebanon’s electricity problem.
“If it weren’t Speaker Berri who said this, I
would have understood [his remarks], but
[Berri] knows [what’s happening] through
and through.”
Mikati told As-Safir newspaper that he
was finalizing a report including possible
alternatives to the electricity problem that
will be presented to the cabinet
Bassil said in remarks published on
Tuesday that he did not understand what
Mikati wanted regarding the issue of
power-generating ships.
“I do not seek to impose my opinion on
anyone,” Mikati said.
The Prime Minister told As-Safir that the
report will be among the items which will
be discussed during next week’s cabinet
session.
In January 2012, the Energy Minister
suggested that Lebanon’s regular
electricity cuts be resolved by renting
power-generating ships. However, Mikati
has expressed reservations over Bassil’s
project.
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