in Beirut
It is 5 pm and it is already dark in Beirut. The elevator of the headquarters of the Central Public Service Inspectorate has stopped due to lack of electricity, and you have to climb the stairs to the office of its director, Georges Atieu, under the light of a mobile phone. His is the only bright window visible from the outside of the building. He ran the cable to the neighborhood “generator,” one of the countless private electricity suppliers that overpriced the inadequacy of one of the most basic public services; The director says that he finances this subscription from his own pocket. Anyway, his administration barely makes enough to pay for the fuel oil needed to supply a little electricity during the day.
“I have to ask suppliers to accept payments from the treasury account, they only accept casheven in Lebanese pounds (due to the devaluation of the national currency…
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Source: Le Figaro
I am David Wyatt, a professional writer and journalist for Buna Times. I specialize in the world section of news coverage, where I bring to light stories and issues that affect us globally. As a graduate of Journalism, I have always had the passion to spread knowledge through writing.