Ministry Minister of Energy and Water (NEW) Raymond Ghajar

[Red Phoenix]

piece of trash article not even worth the bytes it is wasting in cyber space.


whoever wrote these lines is part of the yellow corrupt journalism that is paid to turns white into black and black into white. el qarar el zanni in the sonatrach and zr energy affair has been out and people are still publishing that garbage above?

"نحن قاضي التحقيق الاول في جبل لبنان، لدى التدقيق، وبعد الاطلاع، على ورقة الطلب عدد 1927 تاریخ 2020/4/28، وعلى التحقيقات الأولية والإستنطاقية والمستندات كافة،
تبين أنه اسند الى المدعى عليهم:

1. طارق عصام الشوال، والدته فاطمة، تولد 1979، لبناني
2. ميرنا حسن الخطيب، والدتها فاطمة ، تولد 1976، لبنانية
3. عبدالله موسی عواضة، والدته تريز، تولد 1952، لبناني
د. رفعت محمد العاكوم، والدته سنيورة، تولد 1958
5. محسن انطوان غالب، والدته كاتينيا، تولد 1985، لبناني
6. شذى حسين جمعة، والدتها امال، تولد 1990، لبنائي
7. يوسف بهيج فواز، والدته أميرة، تولد 1976، لبناني
8. اللي فواز الحداد، والدته أوديت، تولد 1967، ليناني
9. ريمون حبيب عساف، والدته وديعة، تولد 1962، لبناني
10. روجية رابح عساف، والدته اوديت ، تولد 1986، لبناني
11. لارا فوزي حمود، والدتها انتصار ، تولد 1989، لبنانية
12، وعد عبدالله زريقة، والدتها جهید ، تولد 1967، لبنائية
13. فارس ميشال موسی، والدته سامية ، تولد 1958، لبناني
14. جورج فريد شدياق، والدته روما، تولد 1972، لبناني
15. سركيس محسن حليس ، والدته افلين، تولد 1966، لبناني
16 خديجة محمد نور الدين ، والدتها فاطمة ، تولد 1971، لبنانية
17. جورج جوزف الصانع، والدته وفاء ، تولد 1973، لبناني
18. ابراهيم محمد ذوق ، والدته فاطمة ، تولد 1972، لبناني
19. تادي سمير زينا (المعروف بتادي رحمة)، والدته منهتى تولد 1963، لبناني بصفته ممثلا لشركة Zr engery
20. ايفا على بلوط ، والدتها عبلة، تولد 1980، لبنانية
21. أورور يوسف الفغالي، والدتها لورين ، تولد 1958، لبنانية
22. من يظهره التحقيق
بأنه في جبل لبنان، وبتاريخ لم يمر عليه الزمن، أقدم الأول على ارتكاب جرم الاحتيال عن طريق إيهام شركة كهرباء لبنان بأن شحنة الفيول المحملة على متن الباخرة BALTIC مطابقة للمواصفات، ولاقدامه على إيهام الشركة أيضا بأن شركة SONATRACH هي التي اشترت حمولة الباخرة خلافا للحقيقة، كما أقدم على دفع رشاوي للعاملين في منشآت النفط، الجرائم المنصوص عنها في المادتين 655 و 353 من قانون العقوبات.
وان كل من الثامن عشر والتاسع عشر قد تدخلا بالجرائم اعلاه ما يشكل جرم المادة 220/655 عقوبات وأقدما أيضا على ارتكاب جرم صرف النفوذ المنصوص عنه في المادة 357 عقوبات وجرم تبييض الأموال المعاقب عليه المادة الأولى الفقرة 9 من القانون رقم 2015/44.
وأن كل من الثاني والثالث والرابع والخامس والسادس والسابع والتاسع والعاشر والحادي عشر والثاني عشر والثالث عشر والسادس عشر والعشرين قد أقدموا على تزوير تقارير خبرة فنية ومستندات وعلى استعمال المزور وقبض رشاوي ومنافع مادية. الجرائم المنصوص عنها في المواد 471 و 454/471 و 354 عقوبات.
وان السابع عشر أقدم على التدخل بجرائم التزوير وقبض الرشاوى، الجرائم المنصوص عنها في المواد 220/471 و 220/354 عقوبات.
وأقدم الثامن والثالث عشر على التدخل بجرائم التزوير وعلى دفع الرشاوى، الجرائم المنصوص عنها في المواد 220/471 و 357 و 354 عقوبات.
وأقدم الخامس عشر على ارتكاب جرائم الإخلال بواجبات الوظيفة وتبييض الأموال. الجرائم المنصوص عنها في المواد 373 عقوبات والفقرة 9 من المادة الأولى من القانون رقم 2015/44
وأقدمت الواحد والعشرين على الاستحصال على منافع مادية من شركات الفيول، جرم المادة 376 عقوبات.

وبعد الاطلاع على ادعاء النيابة العامة الأضافي بتاريخ 2020/4/28 ، تبين أنه اسند للمدعى عليهم:
23. شركة ZR Energy S.A.L Off shore بجرائم المادة 220/655 والمادة الأولى فقرة 9 من القانون رقم 2015/44 معطوفتان على المادة 210 عقوبات.
24. تادي رحمة زينا ، والدته منتهی ، تولد 1963، لبناني بجرائم الامواد 220/655 عقوبات والمادة الأولى فقرة 9 من القانون 2015/44
25. ريمون رحمة زينا ، والدته منتهی، سجل رقم 197 بشري، بصفته مدير شركة ZR Energy ومساهم
ومؤسس في هذه الشركة. بجرائم المواد 220/655 عقوبات والمادة الأولى فقرة 9 من القانون 2015/44
26. ديما عدنان حيدر، والدتها مي، تولد 1964، لبنانية. بجرم المادة 376 عقوبات".​

i tried to make send of the arabic

what exactly is this lawsuit about ?

who are these people who deceived EDL, any idea why and who backed them, also who in EDL is responsible for falling victim to this scam if true

fi accountability here across the board even in case of intentional sabotage

in normal companies high up managers are responsible for their team, contracts and stock and deliverables, even against industrial espionage and sabotage

 

[Red Phoenix]

Hal sha3b l ratesh that are blaming him for the blackouts, yen2ebro..2ekher hamme really what they think. I'm glad 3am yetbahdalo.

combining all this hate with incompetence and nepotism

truly fpm is the christian version of amal now

minimum el country is in all darkness

 

[The_FPMer]

Hal sha3b l ratesh that are blaming him for the blackouts, yen2ebro..2ekher hamme really what they think. I'm glad 3am yetbahdalo.

Who should they blame but the party that managed the energy ministry for the last 11 years and promised 24/24 electricity countless times but never delivered? Can you genuinely be surprised ya3ne?

 

[Dark Angel]

i tried to make send of the arabic

what exactly is this lawsuit about ?

who are these people who deceived EDL, any idea why and who backed them, also who in EDL is responsible for falling victim to this scam if true

fi accountability here across the board even in case of intentional sabotage

in normal companies high up managers are responsible for their team, contracts and stock and deliverables, even against industrial espionage and sabotage

the problem goes back to the pre 2005 era. the cabinet back then approved a very shady contract that enabled a politically connected cartel to rise, making plenty of money by providing lower grade fuel oil while falsifying the test results, and many of these proceeds went back to politicians, who always ensured that the continuity of the contract. the amount of money we are talking about are obscene, and it seems that everybody is in on this plot, from franjiey, to the LF through the rahme brothers and zr-energy, walid jumblat, and to a lesser extent nabih birri and hariri through the bassatnis.

now the rahme brothers have fled from justice, so did the last bassatni brother who was smuggled out of the airport despite a warrant in his name, franjiyi is providing protection to the general director of the fuel installations sarkis hleis, while the yellow media who is no doubt on the payroll as well is spreading confusion like usual and trying to clean the slate of the involved parties.

this is a little bit of the history of the issues from FPM's ministers

 

[Red Phoenix]

the problem goes back to the pre 2005 era. the cabinet back then approved a very shady contract that enabled a politically connected cartel to rise, making plenty of money by providing lower grade fuel oil while falsifying the test results, and many of these proceeds went back to politicians, who always ensured that the continuity of the contract. the amount of money we are talking about are obscene, and it seems that everybody is in on this plot, from franjiey, to the LF through the rahme brothers and zr-energy, walid jumblat, and to a lesser extent nabih birri and hariri through the bassatnis.

now the rahme brothers have fled from justice, so did the last bassatni brother who was smuggled out of the airport despite a warrant in his name, franjiyi is providing protection to the general director of the fuel installations sarkis hleis, while the yellow media who is no doubt on the payroll as well is spreading confusion like usual and trying to clean the slate of the involved parties.

this is a little bit of the history of the issues from FPM's ministers

thanks for the info, i heard some quick mention of the rahme brothers previously in a discussion

 

[Red Phoenix]

the problem goes back to the pre 2005 era. the cabinet back then approved a very shady contract that enabled a politically connected cartel to rise, making plenty of money by providing lower grade fuel oil while falsifying the test results, and many of these proceeds went back to politicians, who always ensured that the continuity of the contract. the amount of money we are talking about are obscene, and it seems that everybody is in on this plot, from franjiey, to the LF through the rahme brothers and zr-energy, walid jumblat, and to a lesser extent nabih birri and hariri through the bassatnis.

now the rahme brothers have fled from justice, so did the last bassatni brother who was smuggled out of the airport despite a warrant in his name, franjiyi is providing protection to the general director of the fuel installations sarkis hleis, while the yellow media who is no doubt on the payroll as well is spreading confusion like usual and trying to clean the slate of the involved parties.

this is a little bit of the history of the issues from FPM's ministers

ok so the fuel providers are corrupt and backed by politicians

even without knowing names, we all knew the energy sector is corrupt

so what broke the camel's back ? from your understanding what happened so that we all ended up now in pitch darkness ?

the government broke the contract with SONATRAC and had no replacement? or the replacement turned out to be a scam also ?

 

[Dark Angel]

ok so the fuel providers are corrupt and backed by politicians

even without knowing names, we all knew the energy sector is corrupt

so what broke the camel's back ? from your understanding what happened so that we all ended up now in pitch darkness ?

the government broke the contract with SONATRAC and had no replacement? or the replacement turned out to be a scam also ?

no, the government did not break the contract, the contract expires by the end of this year. these contracts cannot be obtained overnight, it is a long process to find a replacement to sonatrak in particular since this type of fuel is not readily available in the market, sonatrak however is extorting the government by delaying the shipments in order to create an extreme power outage that would lead to an uproar in the Lebanese street.

one of the ships even tried to sneak out of Lebanon without emptying its cargo, Lebanese customs had to board the ship and force it to return to port to empty its cargo which is legally owned by the Lebanese state.

 

[lebnan_lilkel]

the problem goes back to the pre 2005 era. the cabinet back then approved a very shady contract that enabled a politically connected cartel to rise, making plenty of money by providing lower grade fuel oil while falsifying the test results, and many of these proceeds went back to politicians, who always ensured that the continuity of the contract. the amount of money we are talking about are obscene, and it seems that everybody is in on this plot, from franjiey, to the LF through the rahme brothers and zr-energy, walid jumblat, and to a lesser extent nabih birri and hariri through the bassatnis.

now the rahme brothers have fled from justice, so did the last bassatni brother who was smuggled out of the airport despite a warrant in his name, franjiyi is providing protection to the general director of the fuel installations sarkis hleis, while the yellow media who is no doubt on the payroll as well is spreading confusion like usual and trying to clean the slate of the involved parties.

this is a little bit of the history of the issues from FPM's ministers

Also the EDL general Manager was on the deal no ?

 

[Red Phoenix]

no, the government did not break the contract, the contract expires by the end of this year. these contracts cannot be obtained overnight, it is a long process to find a replacement to sonatrak in particular since this type of fuel is not readily available in the market, sonatrak however is extorting the government by delaying the shipments in order to create an extreme power outage that would lead to an uproar in the Lebanese street.

one of the ships even tried to sneak out of Lebanon without emptying its cargo, Lebanese customs had to board the ship and force it to return to port to empty its cargo which is legally owned by the Lebanese state.

interesting

is the minister of energy exposing this blackmail publicly to the press ?

 

[Dark Angel]

Also the EDL general Manager was on the deal no ?

many people were called during the investigation, the ones charged are the involved ones. one of the charged is an FPM member, which goes to show the investigation is not politicized as the media is trying to imply. hayek testified but there was no charges against him, the same way nada boustany was called to testify.

 

[Dark Angel]

interesting

is the minister of energy exposing this blackmail publicly to the press ?

he has pointed it out on a couple of occasions, but it is not something he is repeating every day.

 

[The_FPMer]

Ghajar al mezout 3am yetba5ar men lebnen mish 3am ya3rif kif lol what a fraud

 

[dyyyy]

Ghajar al mezout 3am yetba5ar men lebnen mish 3am ya3rif kif lol what a fraud

w halla2 bayyano

 

[The_FPMer]

Don't know how much of that is true, would love to hear any counter-arguments

 

[CitizenOfTheRepublic]

Who should they blame but the party that managed the energy ministry for the last 11 years and promised 24/24 electricity countless times but never delivered? Can you genuinely be surprised ya3ne?

I don’t know, maybe the party that held back the money for the projects...? Ali Khara Khalil perhaps rings a bell in this sense.

Enno 7ternah, Bassil is an asshole who betrayed FPM because he compromised with corrupts and he is also an asshole because he couldn’t compromise with them on electricity...

 

[Danny Z]

I don’t know, maybe the party that held back the money for the projects...? Ali Khara Khalil perhaps rings a bell in this sense.

Enno 7ternah, Bassil is an asshole who betrayed FPM because he compromised with corrupts and he is also an asshole because he couldn’t compromise with them on electricity...

Ba3den ayya sandou2 he is talking about? Are we talking IMF here? Why are there some people who willingly and without any hesitation go and jump in the IMF arms, who is going to lend a country money for 0.5% with no conditions... can this guy show us what is mouwathaq instead of deleting the comments of everybody that goes question him on Twitter?

 

[dyyyy]

I don’t know, maybe the party that held back the money for the projects...? Ali Khara Khalil perhaps rings a bell in this sense.

Enno 7ternah, Bassil is an asshole who betrayed FPM because he compromised with corrupts and he is also an asshole because he couldn’t compromise with them on electricity...

You know the saying "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."

I understand in the first government, Bassil was minister of energy and Ali Hassan Khalil was finance minister and he blocked every plan.

Ok the next term they voted for a government with an FPM minister of energy and Ali Hassan Khalil as finance minister and they made the same plans and complained about the same issue

Then the next term again FPM insisted on the energy ministry with the same promises and accepted an Amal Finance minister.

If they have good intentions, I honestly have no idea how they make their plannings.

 

[CitizenOfTheRepublic]

You know the saying "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."

I understand in the first government, Bassil was minister of energy and Ali Hassan Khalil was finance minister and he blocked every plan.

Ok the next term they voted for a government with an FPM minister of energy and Ali Hassan Khalil as finance minister and they made the same plans and complained about the same issue

Then the next term again FPM insisted on the energy ministry with the same promises and accepted an Amal Finance minister.

If they have good intentions, I honestly have no idea how they make their plannings.

Excellent reasoning for why one should in the same breath blame FPM for working with corrupts and all the while pin on them exclusively the responsibility for the electricity. This sort of rhetoric is precisely why I said a lot the Lebanese don't deserve more than their leaders. And then you wonder why Anal and the rest of the corruption kings are so emboldened: people are so easily swayed away and let them get away with their. All those mighty independents sing hela hela ho while Ali Khara Khalil, unscathed, rapes everyone a little more. Wallah ser2etkoun 7alel!

 

[The_FPMer]

Excellent reasoning for why one should in the same breath blame FPM for working with corrupts and all the while pin on them exclusively the responsibility for the electricity. This sort of rhetoric is precisely why I said a lot the Lebanese don't deserve more than their leaders. And then you wonder why Anal and the rest of the corruption kings are so emboldened: people are so easily swayed away and let them get away with their. All those mighty independents sing hela hela ho while Ali Khara Khalil, unscathed, rapes everyone a little more. Wallah ser2etkoun 7alel!

Dude calm down, those corrupt agreed to give FPM the energy ministry time and time again. There's credence to this perspective. Why would they? Every side is blaming on the other while they reap commissions from short-term solutions implemented by the government. If FPM got the ministry 4 times in 11 years, shouldn't the Lebanese hold them accountable? If they were obstructed why didn't they go public? Why accept the ministry again and again if there's no benefit from it or if they already knew Amal were going to halt their plans?

You cannot be surprised if the public blames FPM for the electricity crisis after 11 years of promising 24/24 electricity and delivering nothing. Whether they are solely to blame is another matter completely (I personally do not think so) but being surprised why they're the target of accusations is delusional and completely disconnected from reality.

 

[CitizenOfTheRepublic]

Dude calm down, those corrupt agreed to give FPM the energy ministry time and time again. There's credence to this perspective. Why would they? Every side is blaming on the other while they reap commissions from short-term solutions implemented by the government. If FPM got the ministry 4 times in 11 years, shouldn't the Lebanese hold them accountable? If they were obstructed why didn't they go public? Why accept the ministry again and again if there's no benefit from it or if they already knew Amal were going to halt their plans?

You cannot be surprised if the public blames FPM for the electricity crisis after 11 years of promising 24/24 electricity and delivering nothing. Whether they are solely to blame is another matter completely (I personally do not think so) but being surprised why they're the target of accusations is delusional and completely disconnected from reality.

Most of what you said is speculations which while plausible are not reliable to assess responsibility. You may want to look at facts.

The hard cold facts that any citizen can look at are that the MoE created the plan, got it approved in the council of ministers, tried to implement it and did not get funding. Funding comes from the MoF not MoE. If you are a little more resourceful citizen you will see that the justifications for withholding the funds go from one ambiguous technicality to another. For this to happen the MoE and EDL personnel would be incompetent to the point of being unable to follow process while the MoF would be the gold standard of compliance and adherence. These are the facts, there are no judgments and no theories. If after looking at this, you still want to put it all on the MoE whomever holds it, then yes you deserve the leaders you got.

Note that am not saying FPM handled it flawlessly, I for one think there are far more efficient ways to have manage the whole situation. But to blame them for the lack of profgress is disingenuous to say the least.