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Indira Matar wrote in “Al Qabas”: As the period of two weeks that French President Emmanuel Macron set for the Lebanese political forces to form a government approaches, the situation is blurred amid questions about the capacity of the designated prime minister , Mustafa Adeeb, to overcome the obstacles represented by the hardening of the Shiite duo in the face of two demands: the rejection of the government. Independent and maintain the Ministry of Finance. As for the Free Patriotic Movement, its president, Gebran Bassil, will define his vision today Sunday with the possibility of announcing a position in order not to participate.
While there were many leaks about the possibility of Adeeb apologizing, political circles close to the Future Movement noted that the writing dilemma is not insurmountable, hinting that the authorship process has come a long way, by 80 percent. These circles confirm that the President-designate will finalize the formation of the government, and when ready, will transfer it to President Aoun. Sources are unlikely to confront Adeeb’s group with President Aoun’s objection or response, to avoid being held responsible for “aborting” the French initiative.
Banks … and the punished
On the other hand, the president of the Banking Control Commission, Samir Hammoud, explained the measures to which the two former ministers will be exposed; Youssef Fenianos and Ali Hassan Khalil, after being subjected to US sanctions, noting that “the tendency will be to freeze the accounts, until they are discussed, because there are two charges, namely corruption and support for terrorism, and the freezing is the fault of the right to have money and property until the Lebanese investigations are clarified. ” And if the Lebanese investigations show that the money is legitimate, the sanctioned person takes their money in national currency and cannot open another account, but if the investigations prove that the money is illegal, then it is confiscated.
Hammoud pointed out that there is “no less than 40 to 50 billion dollars of Lebanese money in the hands of the United States, which is why we are affected by the sanctions on Lebanon, which pushes us to close the account of the person who is exposed to them. , to preserve Lebanese banks and their relationship with foreign banks, and not to be lenient. ” In this matter, we are obligated to abide by these laws. ”
