Hezbollah Says Anti-Corruption Campaign against Squandering of Public Funds
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Hezbollah’s new anti-corruption effort is one against the squandering of public funds and not a campaign of retribution, member of Hezbollah's Executive Council Sheikh Nabil Qaouk said.
“Today, Hezbollah is taking a new responsibility, and that is fighting the squandering of public money and corruption, as well as fighting occupation and aggression,” Sheikh Nabil Qaouk told a crowd during an event held over the weekend in Tyre, according to the state-run National News Agency.
“By doing so, we don’t mean to take revenge on anyone or to settle debts with anyone,” Qaouk added.
Since last month, Hezbollah MP Hasan Fadlallah has been spearheading a campaign by the resistance movement against corruption, and last week he submitted documents to the financial prosecutor to back up allegations of missing public funds.
Earlier in the month, Fadlallah had said that there were “manipulated and missing financial documents that could land a lot of people in jail ... including ex-prime ministers, who may be held accountable.”
Fadlallah didn't name or accuse anyone directly in his filing, but former prime minister Fouad Siniora made comments suggesting that Fadlallah was targeting him.
Siniora had long been accused of illegally spending some $11 billion in extrabudgetary spending during his tenure, and late last week he held a news conference to deny that the $11 billion had been spent illegally.
