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A foreign ministry employee accused of sexual harassment escapes sanctioning
7-6-2017
Al Akhbar newspaper uncovered in its issue if today that an investigation is underway at the foreign ministry against a staff member accused of harassing female colleagues while on duty in Lebanese missions around the world. The subject employee, member since August 2016 of a sub-committee within the Free Patriotic Movement, is responsible for the electronic link between the ministry and the Lebanese diplomatic missions. Al Akhbar pointed out that despite disapprovals and complaints from the missions in Marseille, Los Angeles and Detroit against the Despicable conduct of said employee, the latter has been rewarded by an administrative directive allowing him to carry on his duties which, reportedly, will cover Australia, Malaysia and Indonesia. The newspaper went on to say, that the officer who supervises the employee hid from foreign minister, Jibran Bassil, a complaint sent in late January by the Mission of Lebanon in Marseille, disregarding the objections made by the Acting Secretary General over the reprehensible behavior, which Bassil has been unaware of. Lately in April, the newspaper wrote, the foreign ministry received two grievances from Los Angeles and Detroit containing details of the scandalous acts of the questionable employee. Accordingly, the secretary general informed Bassil who ordered the formation of an enquiry commission, Al Akhbar reported, adding that the employee kept changing his statements in every hearing, aided with increasing support from his supervisor. The newspaper concluded by raising a question as to reasons behind the soft attitude of the foreign minister who has not to date taken punitive measures against the employee. (Al Akhbar, June 7, 2017)
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