الياس الخوري

This is how a viable electricity sector is built: a brave decision and real reform. This is how Al-Saddi proves that restoring the state begins when its institutions are the first to submit to its laws, not the last to be exempted from them. Much work... and little talk.

This step complements the electricity sector reform workshop, foremost among which is completing the regulatory authority after long years of obstruction, alongside the administrative and financial reform led by Minister Al-Saddi in his ministry, especially at the level of tax collection and enhancing regular collection.

The bold step taken by the Ministry of Energy to cut electricity from state administrations and institutions that have failed to pay their dues is a brave decision on the path of restoring the state's prestige and breaking the equation of favoritism and leniency that has obstructed accountability for years.

We will continue exposing what is hidden, no matter how intense the confrontation and how great the challenges, and we will not compromise on the truth, nor will we yield to falsehood, nor will we raise the white flag as long as there is in this country an oppressed person awaiting justice, and a corrupt person who thinks he is above accountability!

What has been achieved is not the result of a passing understanding, but the fruit of an integrated vision that Saddi struggled to establish and translate into executive steps, starting with importing gas, passing through building modern power plants, and reaching the adoption of sustainable solutions that end the patchwork logic, cut off the drains of waste and corruption, and restore the confidence of international partners in the state's ability to manage its resources with transparency and responsibility.

The agreement between Lebanon and Qatar cannot be separated from the long reform path undertaken by Minister of Energy and Water Joe Saddi with determination and firmness, through his intensive and continuous meetings with the Qatari side to enhance Qatari investments in the energy sector.