Representative Ali Hassan Khalil issued a statement responding to the clarifications of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport regarding the Council of Ministers’ decision to establish the “Beirut International Airport Corporation,” considering that the ministerial statement “did not address the essence of the legal, administrative, and financial problems raised around the project, and merely restated the provisions of Law No. 481/2002.” Khalil pointed out that “the discussion does not revolve around the principle of establishing the company itself, but rather about the extent to which Article 14 of the aforementioned law may be activated after the expiry of the deadline specified for one year from the date of its entry into force,” wondering about “the legal basis on which the government relied to exceed a deadline that expired in 2003.” He also pointed out that "the most important issue is that the Ministry neglected to refer to the powers granted to the General Authority of Civil Aviation under Decree No. 12632/2004, especially with regard to the investment of civil airports and the monitoring of institutions established under the Civil Aviation Sector Management Law," wondering whether "the project had been presented to the Board of Directors of the Authority before its approval, which is binding according to the provisions contained in this decree and cannot be bypassed, which raises suspicions about how such a decision was passed." Khalil believed that “subsequent legislative developments, especially the Public-Private Partnership Law No. 48/2017 and its amendments pursuant to Law No. 31/2026, in turn raise questions about the economic, financial and legal studies that preceded the decision, and the extent to which the project is subject to the new principles and procedures.” He stopped at setting the company's capital at only one billion Lebanese pounds, considering that "this number raises question marks about the mechanism for evaluating the assets, facilities, equipment, and revenues associated with Rafic Hariri International Airport, one of the most important public and strategic facilities in Lebanon." Khalil concluded by calling for “publishing the company’s complete bylaws and studies on which the decision was based, and clarifying the legal relationship between the company and the General Authority of Civil Aviation, in a way that ensures transparency, protects public money, and preserves the state’s rights in this sovereign facility, and the discussion is relevant.”