{"id":63608,"date":"2022-05-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/63608\/mikatis-cabinet-meets-for-the-last-time-14-horrible-moments-revisited"},"modified":"2025-10-15T14:26:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T14:26:30","slug":"mikatis-cabinet-meets-for-the-last-time-14-horrible-moments-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/63608\/mikatis-cabinet-meets-for-the-last-time-14-horrible-moments-revisited\/","title":{"rendered":"Mikati&#8217;s Cabinet Meets For The Last Time: 14 Horrible Moments Revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"On September 10th, 2021, PM Najib Mikati\u2019s cabinet was formed after 13 months of push and pull. <br \/>  <br \/>  Under the slogan, &#8220;al amal wal 3amal&#8221;\u00a0(hope and work), it is safe to say that this government gave us neither. In honor of the cabinet meeting for the very last time today, we decided to run through a list of the horribly memorable things we experienced throughout its tenure. Here are 14 horrible moments we remember, (out of hundreds). <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>1. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/62474\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">When they regaled us with strange and cryptic stories<\/a>. <\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  It all started with Minister of Economy Amin Salam regaling the Lebanese people with a confusing and poorly retold tale of two frogs in a well.<br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Giving strong &#8220;m3almit el 3arabi explaining why we failed&#8221;vibes. WTF IS HAPPENING? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0ZkkbKFtQe\">https:\/\/t.co\/0ZkkbKFtQe<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Beirut.com (@BeirutCityGuide) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BeirutCityGuide\/status\/1437730906270220289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 14, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  The next day, the Minister of Labor Mustafa Beyrum took it upon himself to share another fun animal story with us, this time about a bird who puts out a forest fire.<br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Are they joking please this feels like a prank <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/igifInv4fP\">https:\/\/t.co\/igifInv4fP<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Beirut.com (@BeirutCityGuide) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BeirutCityGuide\/status\/1438089251179143170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 15, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>2. When the (first) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/62541\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Minister of Information Georges Kordahi expressed his desire to restrict press freedoms<\/a>.<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IHRylNChvI\">pic.twitter.com\/IHRylNChvI<\/a><\/p>\u2014 RYAN (@ryan___RK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ryan___RK\/status\/1443510510994038786?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  Kordahi was quoted saying, &#8220;[We need] laws such as those in France &#8211; the mother of freedoms &#8211; which forbid assaults against the dignity of politicians&#8221;. Lol.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>3. When <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/62547\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">the saga that is Walid Fayyad began clowning around<\/a>\u2026<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9YHwdZExs9\">pic.twitter.com\/9YHwdZExs9<\/a><\/p>\u2014 (@TonyBouloss) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TonyBouloss\/status\/1443808974462234629?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 1, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  During one of his first press conferences, Minister of Energy Walid Fayyad was making jokes instead of answering pressing questions. This, as we plunged into darkness. <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>4. When the Minister of Telecommunications <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/62631\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Johnny Corm suggested selling user data to private companies for profit<\/a>.<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0627\u0642\u062a\u0631\u062d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%85?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#<\/a>\u00ab<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#<\/a>\u00bb\u060c<br>.\/1 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4mMQNlTbfW\">pic.twitter.com\/4mMQNlTbfW<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Megaphone (@megaphone_news) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/megaphone_news\/status\/1450456218615562243?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  He later semi-retracted this saying he meant only with consent but\u2026nope. <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>5. When <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/62654\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">George Kordahi struck again<\/a>!<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lebanon?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Lebanon<\/a>\u2019s Minister of Information said he wishes Lebanon would have a \u201ctemporary\u201d military coup for five years to \u201cgive people their rights back.\u201d<br><br>The interviewer laughed and said, \u201cthere\u2019s no such thing as a temporary military coup.\u201d<br> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yYPLMvRxL2\">pic.twitter.com\/yYPLMvRxL2<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Nader Durgham | (@NaderDurgham) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NaderDurgham\/status\/1452906647878242308?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  Kordahi did not hesitate to openly express his desire, nay \u2014 wishes, for a military coup in Lebanon. When asked if he supports a military coup in Lebanon, he answered, \u201cya reit\u201d.<br \/>  <br \/>  <B>6. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/62659\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">And again<\/a>.<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  Shoutout to George for making this article really easy to write.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>7. When subsidies were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/62762\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">lifted off chronic illness medications<\/a><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  With no safety net plan in place, leaving many citizens to ration their medications or halt them completely. <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>8. When <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/62925\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Mikati dramatically stormed out of Ain el Tineh<\/a><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GfwmOKHTCv\">pic.twitter.com\/GfwmOKHTCv<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Jean Nakhoul (@JeanNakhoul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeanNakhoul\/status\/1472930844671102977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  Guess he really missed going to restaurants or something\u2026<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>9. Then when he said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/63158\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cbadna net7ammal ba3ed\u201d<\/a><\/b> <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VPTyCgcxSP\">pic.twitter.com\/VPTyCgcxSP<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Al Jadeed News (@ALJADEEDNEWS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ALJADEEDNEWS\/status\/1491793424705474564?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  The billionaire PM was quoted saying, \u201dWe can no longer afford to give electricity and telecom services for free because we are out of money. And if the citizen says, &#8216;my money is trapped in the bank&#8217; we say you&#8217;re right but we have to put up with each other.\u201d<br \/>  <br \/>  Still not sure when he gave us free electricity and telecom?<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>10. When citizens <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/63317\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">were forced to perform their own repairs due to Ministry strikes<\/a>.<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  Citizens in the Northern town of Bekaa Safrin in Donnieh repaired the main pipes of a water network that feeds that town after storm damage left citizens of the town and surrounding villages without water for over a week. The ongoing strike by employees of the Ministry of Energy left citizens waiting endlessly for repairs before they decided to take matters into their own hands.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>11. Another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/63385\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Walid Fayyad hit<\/a>\u2026<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5gtKkgYAXs\">pic.twitter.com\/5gtKkgYAXs<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Hussein Al Awad (@HusseinAlAwad3) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HusseinAlAwad3\/status\/1508746377651761157?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 29, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  In the country where citizens experience 20 to 24 hours of blackouts, Lebanon\u2019s Minister of Energy\u00a0chose to belt out Dalida\u2019s \u201cHelwa Ya Baladi\u201d. After being told \u201cwa3adtna b Nissen\u2026\u201d in reference to his previous promise that citizens would benefit from increased hours of electricity, he launched into a rendition of Wael Kfoury\u2019s \u201cMa W3adtik Bi\u00a0Njoum El Leil\u201d. Delightful.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>12. This fact.<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The minister of sports and youth is 68 years old <\/p>\u2014 Beirut.com (@BeirutCityGuide) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BeirutCityGuide\/status\/1436310870980800515?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 10, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\u201cutf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>13. When the Minister of Justice could not go after real criminals<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Peter Bou Saab and William Noun were summoned for questioning in relation to spray-painting &#8220;coward&#8221; outside the Minister of Justice&#8217;s home after he took part in stalling investigations. <br><br>Our state is more offended by spray paint than the murder of 224 people. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aHSOI1CsWJ\">pic.twitter.com\/aHSOI1CsWJ<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Beirut.com (@BeirutCityGuide) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BeirutCityGuide\/status\/1504760396682612755?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\u201cutf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  So he summoned families of victims.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>14. But most memorably?<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  Is how they did absolutely nothing at all to halt the collapse. 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