Sayyed’s Speech Thursday Night, Gov’t Stuck in Crisis, Scandals Govern Scene
It is time of martyrdom and the fragrance of victory.
From the soil and the purity of water they were born.
In their palms some of Ali and Hussein's strength (P.B.U.T) and in their eyes illuminate some of Abbas's love.
From there they emerged and to Karbala they are back.
They were the purple, the odor, and soothes and to Palestine some of the blood of holiness.
They are the Leader Martyrs.
From Haj Imad's blood a message to both Sayyed Abbas and Sheikh Ragheb: Don't worry, the blood felt in God's hands and the recommendation is preserved: The resistance is reserved with eyebrows and hands are still ready on weapons.
In the anniversary of Resistance Leader Martyrs, Lebanese and regional concern is focused on the expected speech that the Secretary General of Hizbullah His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah Thursday night.
Meanwhile, the father of Sayyed Abbas Moussawi, Abu Hussein, died Wednesday night and his funeral is to be held Thursday noon in his village Nabisheet.
Gov't Crisis Continues
At the political level, the Lebanese governmental crisis remains standstill with no prospect to upcoming solutions as both Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Labor Minister Charbel Nahhas keep firm on their positions.
"The government is continuing and there is no problem in the cabinet," Mikati told reporters after visiting House Speaker Nabih Berri at his residence in Ain al-Tineh.
"When the matter is resolved, we will immediately call for a session ... it has yet to be resolved," Mikati added pointing out that he informed Berri of some topics of common interest, and some topics which were brought up in Paris.
As Berri reiterated his refusal to mediate between the differing parties, Mikati stressed that "the government will not convene before guaranteeing the productivity of the sessions."
In an interview with "an-Nahar" Lebanese daily, PM stressed that "averting the government's crisis depends on the ministers who should implement the government's decisions."
Denying the existence of any mediation by officials to resolve the dispute with Head of "Change and Reform Bloc" MP Michel Aoun, Mikati affirmed that "I am definite that Aoun, who is keen to maintain the cabinet's credibility, will give Minister Nahhas the right advice."
However, Mikati expressed surprise with Aoun's proposal to prepare draft rules to procedures inside the Council of Ministers.
He further recalled the existence of a decree that organizes the government's work.
For his part, Minister Nahhas confirmed that he continues to refuse signing the transportation allowance decree.
In an interview with "al-Binaa" newspaper, the minister unveiled that he had finished a decree on the topic, and is awaiting the return of the Council of Ministers' meeting to brief it on the decree.
"I will not sign...Let them do whatever they want," he added describing the current proposals as heresies and that he would not leave the country even for one hour.
Audit Report on Diesel Scandal
At another context, "as-Safir" newspaper highlighted that the recent Audit Bureau report on the red diesel scandal will likely lay blame on certain people.
The head of the Bureau, Judge Aouni Ramadan, told the daily Thursday that the probe carried out by the prosecutor's office has reached a conclusion that certain people were suspected to be aware of the scandal.
"Their names have been mentioned in the report," he said, but stressed that "the prosecution bases its investigation on suspicion while a specialized chamber in the Bureau is studying the report on the basis of certainty."
According to "as-Safir", Energy Minister Jebran Bassil has tasked an investigation committee with probing the distribution of red diesel.
The minister told the newspaper that he also "wants to know what happened with the subsidized red diesel this year and who benefited from it."
Bassil vowed to prove that "a lot of people except for the Change and Reform bloc were involved in the scandal."
Meanwhile, the parliamentary finance and budget committee that was scheduled to meet on Thursday to discuss the investigations into the scandal postponed its meeting to next Monday.
MP Ibrahim Kanaan told "as-Safir" that the postponement came after several ministries and bureaus involved in the case, except for the energy ministry, failed to send their reports to the committee.
He laid blame on "the government and all those who backed seasonal subsidies."
Red River
In parallel, the environment ministry investigated Thursday the mysterious red color that tainted the Beirut River, urging the Hazmiyeh and Baabda municipalities to cooperate with it.
"As-Safir" daily clarified that the ministry's team of experts headed by Bassam Sabbagh made an initial finding that the pollutant has no odor and that the red color could come from blood, a chemical, or a dye.
"The source of the pollution hasn't been identified yet because it comes from a closed sewage," Environment Minister Nazem al-Khoury said.
Source: Lebanese newspapers, Translated and Edited by moqawama.org
