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Beirut – The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General, Jan Kubitsch, attacked the leaders of Lebanon, whom he accused of delaying in dealing with the worsening of the financial crisis in the country and its repercussions, while waiting for what would bring them the new American administration headed by Joe Biden.
“The economic and financial situation, in addition to the banking system, is a state of chaos, social peace has begun to collapse, security events have begun to increase, the Lebanese structure is shaking, and political leaders seem to be waiting for Biden.” Kubic said in a tweet on his Twitter account, adding: “This is Lebanon, not the states.” United “.
Lebanon is facing the worst financial crisis since the end of the civil war (1975/1990), which is likely to worsen in the coming months, especially with the Central Bank depleting most of its hard currency reserves, leaving it will prevent providing the price of basic materials.
Since last August, he has assumed an interim government to handle the situation in the country, given the inability of the political forces to agree to form a new government, due to narrow political calculations, in relation to preserving its achievements.
Many observers support the UN official’s words, as several of the dominant forces in Lebanon, including Hezbollah and the Free Patriotic Movement, hope the reality of the situation will change after the Joe Biden administration took power in The United States, as if the crisis in this country were external, although its depth is internal. Especially with the quota mentality that affected everything.
Observers see that these forces are building air deficiencies in the Biden administration, whose staff gave no indication of the possibility of taking a new approach to Lebanon, and this is not likely to happen, especially since there is an established international conviction. that there is no room for more financial support for this country as long as it is not offered to implement any of the reforms that are required.
France, Lebanon’s most prominent supporter over the past period, stressed during a conference it organized to assess the humanitarian needs of the Lebanese last month that there will be no support for the official authority if it does not take further reform measures, including training. of a government of specialists.
Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri had presented his government formation to President Michel Aoun, but the latter refused to approve it, claiming that he had not been consulted about it.
