“The Central Bank of Syria and Lebanon … why not?”

Member of the “Strong Republic” bloc, MP Wehbe Qatisha, indicated in a tweet to his account via “Twitter” that “after it was shown that land borders could transfer subsidized materials in Lebanon to the Syrian interior, the Government may have the right to replace the name of the “Central Bank of Lebanon” with “the Central Bank of Syria.” And Lebanon, “Why not?”

After testing the permissibility of land borders to transfer subsidized material in Lebanon to the Syrian interior; The government may “have the right” to replace the name “Central Bank of Lebanon” with “Central Bank of Syria and Lebanon”, why not!

– Wehbe Katicha (@KatichaWehbe) May 12, 2020

Two thunderous scandals have rocked Lebanon in recent days, and are related to the smuggling of large amounts of subsidized fuel oil to Syria through illegal crossings, and the second scandal is the smuggling of Lebanese flour also subsidized to Syria.

The head of the Union of Gas Stations Union George Al-Barracks was the first to lift the file of the diesel scandal, while talking about smuggling millions of liters of diesel per day to Syria, saying: “We can no longer find quantities to buy in the local market. ”

He estimated that smuggled fuel is valued at more than $ 400 million annually, and this figure may be half the truth.