#Beirut: personal interests, political pressure plague surveillance camera plan
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Beirut municipality plans to install two thousand security cameras around Beirut. (Photo: Kamel Jaber) #Beirut_Municipality plans to install two thousand security cameras around Beirut. (Photo: Kamel Jaber)
The Lebanese #Audit_Bureau seems hesitant about approving a deal to buy and install surveillance cameras in the Greater Beirut area. Does it need more time to reach a final legal and financial decision, or is it waiting for a political agreement? The bureau’s investigations have so far revealed enough irregularities that would annul the deal, but in the end politics always prevails in #Lebanon.
Mouhamad Wehbe
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