SCAM AUDITOR
Ibrahim Kanaan
Ibrahim Kanaan
Head of Finance & Budget Committee
The veteran MP who spent years 'auditing' budgets that never added up. As the head of the Finance Committee, he led the parliamentary challenge against the government's own financial recovery plan in 2020, disputing the loss figures. This delay effectively torpedoed the IMF deal and allowed banks to liquidate their assets while depositors were left with nothing.
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"We need to double-check the numbers while the ship sinks."
Evidence & Activities
THE LOSS DISPUTE
- Famous for chairing the committee that claimed the government's estimated financial losses were exaggerated, aligning himself with the banking lobby.
- His actions delayed the acknowledgment of bankruptcy, costing the economy billions in lost reserves.
POLITICAL COVER
- A key member of the Free Patriotic Movement who provided the 'technocratic' cover for political obstructionism.
- Oversaw the employment of thousands of illegal hires in the public sector before elections.
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