The US administration on Friday announced sanctions on the head of the Free Patriotic Movement, MP Gebran Bassil, in the context of its pressure on the Lebanese political parties which support the resistance.
The Treasury Department said Bassil was at the “forefront of corruption in Lebanon.”
“The systemic corruption in Lebanon’s political system exemplified by Bassil has helped to erode the foundation of an effective government that serves the Lebanese people,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement.
In response, Bassil said, via Twitter, that he would never bow to the sanctions, stressing that he may never turn against any Lebanese party.
“Sanctions have not scared me and promises have not tempted me; I do not turn against any Lebanese and I don’t rescue myself to let Lebanon perish,” Bassil said.
On September 9, US imposed sanctions on the two former ministers Ali Hasan Khalil, the political aide of the House Speaker Nabih Berri, and Youssef Finianos, the member of Al-Marada Movement’s politburo.
Source: Al-Manar English Website
