Najib Mikati’s caretaker government is planning to set up a commission to manage state assets, although its composition and form have yet to be determined.
This move is part of a plan to replenish the treasury, but it poses a major problem in terms of taking stock of public assets.
According to economic sources, the State owns almost 30% of Lebanon’s territory, although part of this is despoiled.
Former presidents Michel Sleiman and Michel Aoun had tried to obtain a census of public property, but without success.
In several parts of the country, landowners have taken the liberty of annexing public or state-owned land, registering it in their own name, with the help of certain parties within the state itself.
Will the Mikati government be able to go all the way with this project and, above all, to recover the plundered lands?
