BEIRUT: Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea revealed Friday that his party's lawmakers have prepared a draft law to establish an "e-government."
Geagea, who was speaking from Maarab during a conference under the slogan "For a Better Society," said that an electronic government scraps the heavy load of fees that the state is burdened with by giving better services and enhancing the productivity of the public sector.
"The purpose behind today's seminar is to establish a breaking point until legislation is back on track."
Geagea called in April for the creation of an e-government as an answer to the country's notoriously inefficient and corrupt public sector.
"We shouldn't waste time... the creation of an e-government reduces corruption, " Geagea added.
Geagea clarified that several state institutions are corrupt as Lebanon ranks 136 out of 176 on the Corruption Perceptions Index, which annually costs the state around $800 million.
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