Bassil Urges Action If Banking Bodies Fail to Probe Capital Flight
Caretaker Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil, head of the Free Patriotic Movement on Saturday said “we must action” if the parties responsible to control “suspicious” capital flight failed to uncover the involved.
In a tweet, Bassil said: “The amount of funds transferred or smuggled after October 17 (the beginning of the uprising) is the responsibility of the central bank governor, the Banking Control Commission and bank owners...if they fail to do something and reveal the numbers and their owners, we must take action at the start of the new year,” said Bassil in a tweet.
On Thursday, cash-strapped Lebanon's central bank governor said he would investigate reports of large transfers of money abroad, which if confirmed, would mark a violation of banking restrictions curtailing such transactions.
Salameh said that there has been a lot of talk about "politicians, senior civil servants and bank owners" involved in capital flight, adding however that a probe is necessary to identify those responsible.
28 December 2019, 14:20
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"constantine 1 hour ago
Without the FPM at the helm there would be no Lebanon."
28 December 2019, 14:20
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"libanaisresilient 4 hours ago
Long live Bassil the future President of Lebanese republic!"
28 December 2019, 14:20
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"the_roar:
Ladies and Gentlemen: Today you have just listened to the future president of Lebanon. Learn people, learn!"
28 December 2019, 14:23
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libanaisresilient 13 hours ago
OMG another big step towards the Presidency! Long live Bassil! You're the Man!
28 December 2019, 14:29
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لما رئيس دولة مفلسة بيتعشى بمطعم فاخر بنيويورك هو وعائلته ب ٢٠ ألف دولار بزيارة رسمية. ووزير خارجيتها يتروق بروما هو ووفده ب ١١ ألف يورو بوقت شعب دولته عم يموت من الجوع وعم يموت
عبواب المستشفيات.. هيدا شو بيتسمى؟ يا قليلين الشرف الله لا يهنيكن ولا يسامحكن..
بالوثيقة: “ترويقة غدا عشا” لباسيل ووفده إلى روما بـ12 ألف يورو
https://www.lebanese-forces.com/2019/12/28/lebanon-gebran-bassil-2/
28 December 2019, 15:44
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القبض على 15 مواطناً في رياق مزقوا صورة الرئيس عون
https://www.lebanese-forces.com/2019/12/28/arrested-riyek-bekaa/
28 December 2019, 16:38
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What about the money taken out of the country before October 17, ya Gebran? That’s when you took yours out of the country. Bassil is the Lebanese problem personified. He is a hanger on. Riding in the cart pulled by his father in law, who, in turn is riding in the lap of Hezbollah. It seems all persons exercising power in Lebanon can trace the source of their power back to Hezbollah. This has been the case since May 7, 2008 when the Seniora government tried to change the security chief at the airport and shut down the Hezbollah communications network and Hezbollah exercised military force against the Lebanese government.
As long as Hezbollah reserves to itself the right to exercise military powe in Lebanon to force its will and the Lebanese government does not or cannot respond, Lebanon will be under a Hezbollah regim.
28 December 2019, 19:26
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There is a thing called « Regulatory Capital », that Bank owners deposit in their Banks and cannot be withdrawn. This money guarantees the Bank in case of default. Today, im Lebanon, the total of Regulatory Capital is of 25Billion $.
It is not the Bank owners who withdrew. It is clearly Politicians... and we want Names, figures, and proof! Enough lready!
28 December 2019, 23:11
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We need an independent probe that will trace all banking breaches. The Lebanese banks have clearly breached global banking laws they may not recover from.
29 December 2019, 09:29
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Excuse me, but what exactly can the banks do when the money is already abroad?
They have all the information on who sent the money and to where, and should therefore hand it over to the relevent government authority for possible prosecution on illegal money transfers, money laundering, etc. etc.
