Yassin: As the Ministry of Environment, we are not responsible for the landfill on a daily basis; the responsible parties are the Council for Development and Reconstruction and the contractor at the landfill
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Chairman of the Environment Committee, MP Ghayath Yazbeck, after the emergency meeting: There is an agreement to conduct a criminal investigation to determine the cause of the Jdeideh fire and to hold accountable those responsible for operating the landfill, as well as to expedite the implementation of the National Waste Management Strategy
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Yazbeck: We will immediately proceed with closing all landfills similar to the Jdeideh landfill, establish a fact-finding committee to uncover those responsible for the waste management file, and request that the Governor of Mount Lebanon immediately and promptly secure the Jdeideh landfill
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Environment Minister Nasser Yassin: Our first step was to prevent the spread of the Jdeideh fire and limit the damage to our people, and a judicial investigation must be conducted, especially after discussions about the possibility of the fire being deliberately set
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Yassin: We need to keep up with the Parliament in terms of legislation and amend some articles, and the waste management sector needs funding in the budget
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