Subject the accounts of the Banque du Liban and the ministries to scrutiny and prevent “the use of secrecy”



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The Lebanese Parliament made the decision to subject the accounts of the Banque du Liban and the ministries and independent interests to criminal scrutiny, without any obstacle or excuse of bank secrecy.

Parliament’s decision came during a session to discuss the message of the President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun, on the forensic accounting audit, on Friday.

The president of the parliament, Nabih Berri, said after the suspension of the session that the Parliament “in response to the message of His Excellency the President of the Republic made the following decision: the accounts of the Banque du Liban, ministries, independent interests, councils , financial institutions, municipalities and all parallel funds are subject to criminal scrutiny without any hindrance or by invoking bank secrecy or otherwise. “

A raid in southeastern Syria.  (AFP)

On the other hand, the House of Representatives approved a bill that requires that the martyrs of the bomb attack in the port of Beirut be considered martyrs in the Lebanese army and that those injured in the explosion be considered beneficiaries of the National Security Fund. Social for life.

On Friday, the general session of the House of Representatives began to discuss the message of the President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun, on the forensic accounting audit.

Last Tuesday, the President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun, sent a letter to Parliament through the Speaker of the Parliament, Nabih Berri, asking them to cooperate with the executive authority so that the state can carry out a forensic accounting audit of the accounts of the Bank of Lebanon.



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