NNA – MP Michel Moawad, accompanied by MP Bilal Al-Hashimi, visited Saturday the towns of Ras Baalbek and Al-Qaa, to inaugurate two guesthouses that were funded by the Rene Moawad Foundation, as part of the launching of the “Paths of Lebanon” project implemented by the “North 33 Association”.

In his word on the occasion, Moawad considered that launching the “Paths of Lebanon” project has become real thanks to the hard work and assistance of the municipalities, the people and the army. “This project has double importance, first in benefiting from the local capabilities and human wealth to transform the relationship between the Lebanese into one of sustainable development, so that it does not remain under the rentier economic system; and secondly in allowing the Lebanese to get to know their regions and by doing so, they demolish the walls of hatred that some have planted among the Lebanese, between whom we aspire to build bridges of love,” he said.

“These projects are part of the strategy of the Rene Moawad Foundation. We support the most disadvantaged families, but we refuse to turn into a charitable organization. The Lebanese people are not beggars, but rather they must be transformed into producers, and just as the Lebanese are successful in all countries of the world, they must succeed in their homeland, but they need an opportunity to work,” Mouawad underlined.

He concluded by calling for “administrative decentralization law, building sustainable capacities and the economy in cooperation with municipal and local councils, as they are the ones working hard for local development.”

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