Berri Goes French

Speaker Nabih Berri would say anything to maintain his interests and cronies in their positions.

After our minister of Economy announces on American T.V. that the Lebanese government is proceeding towards privatization (A measure required for reforming the public sector), Nabih Berri goes into attack mode: “Lebanon is not for sale!”.
How thoughtful, really. Thanks Abu-Mustapha; because of you, Lebanon will still belong to us. Do you take us for fools?

Let’s re-examine his statement: “We have heard about putting up for privatization basic sectors without consulting with anyone”. “without consulting with anyone”. This is the key sentence.
It seems Mr. Berri still doesn’t understand the meaning of privatization

His particular stress on MEA is revealing. We know that the MEA is stuffed with his cronies and Hezbollah’s. We know that they will be redundant once the company becomes private and aims to maximize its shareholders’ value to be able to eventually grow and pay the government more taxes. But why should Mr. Berri care?

Besides, since when should the executive branch of government “consult” with the legislative one in government policy?

Mr. Berri: Le model économique Anglo-Saxon est supérieur.