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The governor of the Central Bank of Lebanon, Riad Salameh, said Saturday that statements that Lebanon is a country threatened with bankruptcy are neither scientifically justified nor quantified.
S addressing reporters after meeting with Maronite Patriarch Mar Bishara Boutros Al-Ra'i, Salameh told reporters at the headquarters of the Bkirki Patriarchate, north of Beirut.
This is an implicit response to a song by MP Jamil al-Sayyid, criticizing the decision of the Minister of Communications, Mohammed Choucair, to buy a Touch building with $ 75 million.
In his appeal, he addressed the Lebanese, noting that Minister Choucair had negotiated all night for the citizens "and bought a building of 75 million dollars without it being necessary".
"Did not the minister tell you who negotiated, who bought, or what law allowed him and the country on the verge of bankruptcy ?!"
He added in the tweet: "His Excellency the President has asked the Lebanese to make sacrifices to save the country, but how to sacrifice and that the ministerial revolution is a shame?"
In another context, the Lebanese press reported in its Saturday edition that Lebanon was concerned about the results of the expected report of the International Standard Assessment Agency "Poor's" of 23 August after the indications of a negative ranking of Lebanon.
The paper indicates that official bodies concerned with financial and economic issues have begun efforts to direct the clbadification agency to postpone the publication of its six-month report during this period, in order to highlight positive aspects of the budget results in terms of public finances.
Last week, President Michel Aoun signed the 2019 General Finance Law after being approved by the House of Representatives in July.
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