Al-Akhbar: The dollar crisis will not be limited to fuels. What will happen to the medications?

Banking sources indicated that the dollar crisis will not be limited to fuels, since the importation of medicines will not be carried out conveniently in the future, pointing to the presence of a large stock of medicines in Lebanon, since it was found that companies had previously imported more quantities than the market needs. Sources indicated that Salama is more lenient with pharmaceutical companies than with those that import fuel.
In light of the paucity of information on the actual amount of dollars that the Banque du Liban can still use to finance imports, concerned sources have not ruled out that the “central” governor is in the process of using the dollar crisis to lobby politically. , in the implementation of the American demands. He pointed out that Salameh assured his auditors that the only way to solve the crisis is “political, through an internal solution that allows the return of financial flows from abroad, especially from the Gulf countries.”

It is clear from Salameh’s words to his auditors that he is still reluctant to conclude an agreement on a program between Lebanon and the International Monetary Fund, knowing that a similar agreement means a trial for serious scrutiny of the Bank’s accounts. Lebanon and a restructuring of the banking sector according to the vision of the IMF, not according to the vision of Salame and the owners of the Lebanese banks. But Salameh told his auditors that he was ready to proceed with whatever the next government decides, in terms of determining the number of losses in the financial sector, on the basis of which he would negotiate with the IMF. According to sources, Salameh has the position of Parliament, which will not approve the government’s figures, just as he was able to blow up the figures presented by the resigned government.