MP Ashraf Rifi stressed on “the right of depositors to recover their money after the political authority conspired against them.”

In an issued statement today, Rifi said: “The depositor who worked endlessly to save money and depostied his end of service pension in the banks to educate his children or to pay for his medical expenses or for days of hardship, is not a criminal…Rather, he is a good citizen who sought and worked to protect himself and his family after the state abandoned him, leaving him without any medical care and social benefits that preserve his dignity.”

He added: “The political authority that stole depositors’ money and squandered it on deals, brokerages and fictitious projects is the criminal…The authority that wasted more than 40 billion dollars on electricity deals is the criminal…The authority that squandered millions of dollars on perforated water dams is the criminal…The authority that wasted more than 20 billion dollars in fuel subsidies and goods that were smuggled to Syria is the criminal…”

Rifi considered that the depositors have waited for years for the political and judicial authority to find a just solution to their case, but saw nothing but procrastination and indulgence in stealing their money and humiliating them, which forced them to take such actions.

He, thus, urged the concerned judicial authority to release every detainee who has demanded his right or advocated this just cause, and called upon all those who seek to restore the state of truth and law to stand by this rightful cause.

“Depositors’ money is a sacred trust as well as looted treasury funds, and there is no resurrection of the homeland without returning these trusts to their owners,” Rifi underlined.

Source: National News Agency