Secretary of the Change and Reform parliamentary bloc, MP Ibrahim Kanaan, on Tuesday maintained that "our gift for the Lebanese upon the holy season is that we shall remain the guarantor of their rights and economy."

"This cannot be achieved through mottos, but through practice, performance, and work," Kanaan said in remarks following the bloc's weekly meeting, under the chairmanship of Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil.

"We started our meeting by discussing the latest developments regarding Jerusalem, and the very important international position and unanimity in that respect," he added. "This has proven the correctness of the Lebanese position on all levels."

On a different note, Kanaan highlighted the necessity to finalize the 2018 state budget, reminding the Finance Minister and the government of their undertakings in that respect.

As to the oil sector, Kanaan asked: "What prevented the achievement that is taking place today from happening in 2013? Why did we have to lose all that time for the sake of political quandaries?"

"We were not mistaken in 2013; the Change and Reform bloc led the battle of oil, as well as the budget and other developmental and social battles," he concluded

Source: NNA