Articles by Marlene Sabeh

It was often said that “the Free Patriotic Movement ministers and their allies failed to communicate with the Syrian regime during the governments of former Prime Ministers Najib Mikati and Tammam Salam, to secure the return of Syrian refugees”, consequently undermining the fact that during PM Mikati’s government (2011), the war in […]

There are hardworking, relentless, and competent ministers like Ghassan Atallah, whose tenacity, patriotism, and ethics are embodied in his accomplishments and goals. […]

Gebran Bassil stressed that no corrupt official should enjoy “sectarian protection”, and explained that the real battle is against no one but rather to eradicate rampant corruption. […]

They say “no good deed goes unpunished”. In Gebran Bassil’s case, the deed often goes punished, degraded, vilified, or denounced. Every positive initiative that Minister Bassil has taken so far, whether lifting financial secrecy off his personal accounts and the accounts of all members of […]

By Marlene Sabeh Upon her appointment as Minister of Energy and Water in 2019, H.E. Nada Boustani’s main focus was to effectively reform the electricity sector. In accordance with FPM’s 2010 proposed plan for the Energy and Water Ministry, Minister Boustani presented a detailed strategy […]

The electricity crisis in Lebanon originated in 1994, when (then) Prime Minister Rafic Hariri decided to freeze electricity rates, basing them on $20-a-barrel oil. Years passed, prices of oil increased, operational costs increased, old plants’ efficiency decreased, and resources changed, yet electricity rates remained fixed, […]