NNA – Members of Change and Reform bloc, MP Simon Abi Ramia and former minister Salim Jreissati, urged, in a press conference on Friday, Minister of Finance, Ali Hassan Khalil, to cancel his decision on conducting land surveys in the region of Aqoura.
“We are still receiving many reviews about the memo issued by Minister Khalil in December 2015, to allow land surveys nationwide,” Abi Ramia said.
“Therefore, we decided to hold this press conference, to prevent political blackmail,” he added.
“Legally speaking, real state property law does not entitle the memo to include the towns and public lands in old Mount Lebanon, where Aqoura and other regions are situated,” he explained.
“Politically speaking, our land is sacred. Our history, present, future, and entire existence are related to it. Our land is red line,” he stressed.
For his part, Jreissati renewed calls upon Khalil to cancel his memo and replace with another which would only touch on private properties, “so that his decision should not remain dangerous, ambiguous.”
