Akkar MPs urge Bassil to quit

August 14, 2011 ⋅ 9:33 am ⋅ Post a comment

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Akkar MPs Mouin al-Merhebi, Khaled Zahraman, Nidal Tohme and a representative for MP Khaled al-Daher held a meeting last night to discuss the electricity situation in Akkar, National News Agency reported.

MP Merhebi said in a statement that the participants called on Energy Minister Gebran Bassil to resignbecause of his failure to resolve the electricity problems that Akkar suffers from.

The participants also called on all officials who are responsible for the electricity crisis to quit.

Photo: Energy Minister Gebran Bassil promised 24 /24 electricity when he was first appointed as energy minister, but Lebanon continues to suffer daily blackouts

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11 comments for “Akkar MPs urge Bassil to quit”

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Anonymous

Bassil has been energy minister for too many years but has done nothing. Power supply keeps getting worse.

Anonymous

The country only produces about half of what it needs now … the power station can’t make any more.
Importing is the only short-term answer … and people keep stealing the wires.

Making more requires a real plan … and some ‘green’ energy methods can be had sooner than building new plants.
Many Germans have solar panels on their roof, and feed into a grid-system which helps the WHOLE country.
And they don’t have as much sun …..

Anonymous

I wonder if you pulled the plug to Syria if you’d notice any difference??
Anonymous

Is that what 24/24 stands for? I wondered how he got so many days in there ….

Anonymous

The country only produces about half of what it needs now … the power station can’t make any more.
Importing is the only short-term answer … and people keep stealing the wires.

Making more requires a real plan … and some ‘green’ energy methods can be had sooner than building new plants.
Many Germans have solar panels on their roof, and feed into a grid-system which helps the WHOLE country.
And they don’t have as much sun …..

Anonymous

Go for it Basil, previous governments were occupied by the so called STL. I hope this government will finally do something for the people. Every pole in Lebanon should have a solar panel on it, this reduces the voltage at the node and in turn it makes the power plants use less energy to produce the same K watts. This is a great first step if you can you prevent theft and that is a big IF.

Anonymous

How can he (Basil) prevent the theft when he is a thief himself!!

Anonymous

Aoun will make sure that Basil stays in line.

Anonymous

lol, you’ll need LOTS of solar panels in order to meet the lacking electrical requirements….solar panels = total waste of money and space.

Anonymous

Solar panels do not produce enough power but it reduces the voltage which reduces the fuel needed. The only issue is the theft of the panels.

Anonymous

lol, you’ll need LOTS of solar panels in order to meet the lacking electrical requirements….solar panels = total waste of money and space.

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