FPM Bloc Hits Back at Miqati, Calls for Removing Salameh
The Free Patriotic Movement-led Strong Lebanon bloc has snapped back at Prime Minister Najib Miqati over his defense of Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh, stressing that the governor must be “immediately removed.”
In a statement issued after its weekly meeting under FPM chief MP Jebran Bassil, the bloc called on the government to “convene and immediately remove the central bank governor and name a replacement to him, after he became weighed down by lawsuits against him in Lebanon and abroad.”
“No one goes to battle with an officer who is incompetent and accused with treachery, seeing as the war cannot be won when the one leading the army is the person who caused its collapse in the first place,” the bloc added, responding to a proverb that Miqati has used.
The premier had said Tuesday that “during war you don’t change your generals,” in response to a reporter’s question about the possibility of replacing Salameh.
Source: Naharnet
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