Bassam Mawlawi, the Minister of Inside and Municipalities within the present caretaker authorities, referred Riad Yamak to public prosecution on Wednesday, June eighth.
Riad Yamak, who has been Mayor of Tripoli since 2019, was underneath investigation for alleged misuse of public funds.
The allegation noticed the sunshine after members of the Tripoli Municipality filed a grievance in opposition to Yamak. He has been referred to the Monetary Public Court docket and the Audit Bureau by Minister Mawlawi.
Some Lebanese folks, nevertheless, believed this information to be ironic because it comes after Minister Mawlawi was himself accused of distributing bonuses “arbitrarily” to a few of his staff.
Al-Liwaa newspaper reported on Wednesday, June eighth, that Mawlawi distributed bonuses value LBP 525 million as compensation owing to the work carried out in the course of the parliamentary elections.
In line with Al-Liwaa’s report, which additionally acknowledged that some staff’ bonuses reached LBP 140 million, Mawlawi’s choice breaks the employment regulation, which specifies that the cap for bonuses allowed for workers should not exceed 75% of their wage.
