Yassine Jaber, 58, has been a member of Parliament since 1996 and has held several posts in the Lebanese government. He has served as a former Minister of Economy and Trade as well as Minister of Public Works and Transport. Mr. Jaber is part of the Amal Movement and is running for the Shiite seat in the Nabatieh electoral district. E The United Nations estimates that 28.5 percent of Lebanon’s population lives below the poverty line and 300,000 people live in extreme poverty. What will you do to alleviate the poverty situation? In terms of poverty, two issues are involved. First, we have to provide a safety net for the poor, so that is why we talk about health, we talk about education and we talk about social help by having the social affairs Ministry become more ethical. The other face [of the coin] of course is that you cannot
