In an issued statement by the Lebanese Forces Media Department on Saturday, it criticized Water and Energy Minister Cesar Abi Khalil's "continued campaign waged against the Party, accusing LF of obstructing the 24/24 electricity provision and portraying its objection to the electricity deal as being part of an electoral campaign."

The Party also denounced the Energy Minister's attempt to compare between the electricity deal that ended with one bidder, and the oil tender which closed with one bidder as well, considering that such a comparison denotes an "intended distortion of facts."

The statement went on to confirm that "the Lebanese Forces has the courage to commend the Ministry of Energy when it carries out its work according to the stipulated laws, as was the case in granting the oil and gas licenses, and to criticize the Ministry when it violates the laws

Source: NNA