“We are all one family at MEA but everyone must know that I am the father of the family.”
“There is no dispute, we will not compromise on our right to the full 860 square kilometers.”
“Concerning the election, we are awaiting the law. We can’t say anything before the law. But electorally speaking, everything is possible.”
“There is oil and gas five kilometers south of our borders — do we think God created a wall between us and Palestine? All of this area is rich in the Levantine basin.”
“We have reached an economic situation where we are stranded in the middle of a tunnel and there is no end in sight. We are seeing bankruptcies and lots of companies closing down.”
“We need to work more and produce more and spend less. We need to move away from this culture of debt. This simply isn’t working anymore.”
“There are different sovereign funds and Arab Development Funds that came to the government to fund developments in the electricity sector. They said, ‘no we don’t need them’. Honestly, they don’t know their ass from their elbow.”
“We need a master plan and we need the national accounts on regular terms and clear terms so we can assess our economy on reliable figures and trends and criteria. This is an important place where real change needs to happen.”
